Yukon hiking

This was taken as we made our way to the location where the helicopter would pick us up and take us out of the Tombstone Range. It was an end to an amazing week camping and backpacking, and while I remember not really wanting to leave, that evenings hamburger and IPA (almost) made up for it.

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Homeward

I absolutely love this. Fantastic shot.

What a beautiful shot of a beautiful place.

Great photo. I love the people walking through the frame, really adds to the scale and overall image.

I love this shot. Well done

njstacker22 wrote in post #17419326
I absolutely love this. Fantastic shot.

maxblack wrote in post #17419359
What a beautiful shot of a beautiful place.

freestylee30 wrote in post #17419404
Great photo. I love the people walking through the frame, really adds to the scale and overall image.

Golden Hunter wrote in post #17419465
I love this shot. Well done

Thanks!

I also did a Pano-type crop. Not sure which one I like better...

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Homeward-Pan

Gorgeous. I think I like the 1st crop more... better sense of scale I think.

Bcaps wrote in post #17419481
Thanks!

I also did a Pano-type crop. Not sure which one I like better...

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I like this better. I think it puts more focus on the mountains and less on the people hiking through the frame. Just to be clear though, I think the people walking through the frame is excellent. Gives great perspective and scale.

My only problem with this is you stated a week trip... Only one picture??! What givesߘ.... (But I love this picture!)

Bcaps wrote in post #17419481
Thanks!

I also did a Pano-type crop. Not sure which one I like better...

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Homeward-Pan by David__Young on Flickr

Dave -

I like the pano-style crop better. In my opinion the shot is more powerful because the people are now moved down in the frame (not so central) allowing me to first admire the real subject! However, because the people are still present I still have a sense of the depth and scale. Before you provided the new crop I didn't think anything of that space, and now I see it wasn't really serving much purpose. Again, great shot. Beautiful!

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swbkrun wrote in post #17419681
My only problem with this is you stated a week trip... Only one picture??! What givesߘ.... (But I love this picture!)

HAHA no kidding!!!

Absolutely fantastic image. I hope to see more.

A great shot, for sure. I just finished watching a Nat Geo photography series and they extolled the virtue of placing people in the photo to provide a sense of scale. That goes against my natural tendencies, but you have done it and it sure works. Good for you.

Awesome picture, but personally, I prefer your first image because it places the hikers more significantly in the frame...JMHO

Another nice one Dave. I hope you have more from this hiking trip that you will be sharing with us.

Thanks all for the feedback!

swbkrun wrote in post #17419681
My only problem with this is you stated a week trip... Only one picture??! What givesߘ.... (But I love this picture!)

I have a few more from the trip in my Flickr feed. This is from the end of the trip but I tend to bounce around when processing pictures. I actually started processing this during a hunt for new hiking pants. I remember liking the pants one guy was wearing on the trip so I fired up LR and tried to find a shot where I could make out the pant label when I came across this shot and stopped to process it.

dkizzle wrote in post #17420094
Another nice one Dave. I hope you have more from this hiking trip that you will be sharing with us.

Thanks dkizzle. I think I still have a handful that are worth processing. I have another trip coming up in March and know that if I don't get through my backlog of images before then they will probably just sit there for a while...


Off topic, but I was just reading the thread here on POTN about the new 5Ds and 5Ds R and as I had just finished processing my above image (taken with my 5D3), it kept popping into my head whenever the discussion in that thread turned to the dynamic range (and shadow recovery) of the new cameras and how disappointed some people are that it is the same as the 5D3.

It seems every time anyone faults Canon for this there are those that chime in saying that, basically, if you know what you are doing you don't need that extra DR (ie, use filters, position yourself relative to the sun more optimally, bracket, etc). Although I'm sure people will be happy to tell me how I could have captured this better, I think this image is a perfect example of how more DR (or more accurately, better shadow recovery, but I am using them interchangeably even though that isn't correct but you get my point) would have helped.

I'm not particularly happy with the processing on this shot; the foreground/midground is significantly underexposed (and I would have much preferred the hikers to be on that little knoll in the foreground, but I was lagging and missed that shot). All of my gear, including my tripod, was on my back. Most everyone in the group were just hiking along, but I was frequently stopping for a few seconds and firing of a couple of shots and then jogging trying to keep up. The place I stopped for this shot had this nice leading line with the trail coming from the bottom right of the frame, going over the knoll and dropping into the middle of the frame where the hikers are. I liked how the leading line of the trail would draw the eye into the frame to the hikers and then from there up to the sunlit mountains. However, because I didn't have time to do all of those things that I should have to "get it right in camera", I had to work with what I could with one shot, so I exposed for the highlights. I've pushed the shadows up as far as I can and If I go any further the image falls apart. That would not have been the case with my Nikon D810 (which I didn't have at the time).

Sure, I could have had my camera setup for a quick 2 bracket shot. I have done that in the past when I'm hiking under a bright sky and know I won't have time to stop and get my gear out. But I didn't here, and maybe I'm one of the few who don't get everything right every time in camera. And for those of us who aren't infallible, it sure would have been nice to have the latitude to push the shadows up without the image going to crap.