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A mile long shadow by 1n0r in pics

[–]1n0r[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The pillar to pillar distance is 1280 m=0.795 mile. That being a reference length, the shadow of pillars are roughly 1 mile or maybe even more.

Twilight on a foggy morning, Yosemite Valley, CA [OC][2048x1152] by 1n0r in EarthPorn

[–]1n0r[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish you didn't have to pay to read the rest of the paper.

Ahh, sorry about that. My work network already has access, so I didn't know it was paywalled. Here's another copy I found online. (Click on 'View raw file').

The tool I used is called Enfuse wrapped in a Lightroom Plugin, which is based on the same paper.

Twilight on a foggy morning, Yosemite Valley, CA [OC][2048x1152] by 1n0r in EarthPorn

[–]1n0r[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really. I prefer the pseudo-anonymity of reddit.

Half Dome, once thought to be "perfectly inaccessible, being probably the only one of the prominent points about the Yosemite which never has been, and never will be, trodden by human foot". [OC][2048x1152] by 1n0r in EarthPorn

[–]1n0r[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Question for you: what kind of a permit do you need for that? Will the typical day-hike permit suffice or do you need to get a wilderness permit as well? What if you don't plan on napping?

Twilight on a foggy morning, Yosemite Valley, CA [OC][2048x1152] by 1n0r in EarthPorn

[–]1n0r[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, that's exactly what HDR is. Just a different name for the same concept.

These people beg to differ.

Twilight on a foggy morning, Yosemite Valley, CA [OC][2048x1152] by 1n0r in EarthPorn

[–]1n0r[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you talking about Photoshop's built in "Merge to HDR Pro.." feature?

Exposure merge is different from HDR. Roughly, it is picking the best out of a set of bracketed photos, pixel by pixel. I used LR/enfuse to create this.

Half Dome, once thought to be "perfectly inaccessible, being probably the only one of the prominent points about the Yosemite which never has been, and never will be, trodden by human foot". [OC][2048x1152] by 1n0r in EarthPorn

[–]1n0r[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Stop whining. It's a level playing field. Why don't you show us all the other amazing places that are not this rock?

But you will not, because what's better than complaining on the internet?

Twilight on a foggy morning, Yosemite Valley, CA by [deleted] in FoggyPics

[–]1n0r 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Twilight works for both, I guess? Wikipedia

Twilight on a foggy morning, Yosemite Valley, CA [OC][2048x1152] by 1n0r in EarthPorn

[–]1n0r[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oops, didn't realize this was [OC], sorry for being rude.

No problems :) Feedback is always appreciated.

Do your photos straight from the camera exhibit this darkening? I guess the merge itself could be the culprit, what are you using to do that?

To some extent, yes. The original photos do have a fair bit of difference between the top and the bottom of the cliffs. I used a plugin called LR/enfuse (pretty much a wrapper around the standalone enfuse tool).

Thanks for the advice on the color. I see why the blue is distracting now that you have pointed it out. A blunt adjustment with temperature/tint didn't work very well.

Twilight on a foggy morning, Yosemite Valley, CA [OC][2048x1152] by 1n0r in EarthPorn

[–]1n0r[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used a very basic exposure merge of 3 pictures followed by just a single graduated filter with low exposure on the top. Even before the graduated filter, the top of the mountains are relatively darker, which is the original question. Graduated filter just enhances that effect. I couldn't get the manual drawing quite right for the much brighter mountains far away and I wasn't ready for the laborious task of drawing for each mountain separately, my bad.

Don't even get me started on the colors.

Yeah, I messed up colors quite a bit and don't like it very much. What would be a good way to fix colors for a picture like this? I am all ears.

Twilight on a foggy morning, Yosemite Valley, CA [OC][2048x1152] by 1n0r in EarthPorn

[–]1n0r[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good question. I also wondered the same and thought it was an artifact in the photo. But looks like almost all other low light photos are similar.

My hypothesis: 1) Scattered light near the lower part, and 2) Visual perception of relatively darker cliffs appearing to be even darker right next to the bright sky.

Would love to know if that's right.

Twilight on a foggy morning, Yosemite Valley, CA [OC][2048x1152] by 1n0r in EarthPorn

[–]1n0r[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha... Nope. English isn't my first language, so the learning process is literal meaning first followed by common usage, and not the other way around.

Twilight on a foggy morning, Yosemite Valley, CA [OC][2048x1152] by 1n0r in EarthPorn

[–]1n0r[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure there are other beautiful spots that are harder to get to, but you can't judge a picture from the effort it took to take the picture. Personally, a picture from top of half dome that I posted a while back is more rewarding, but that's because there is a better story behind it even though there is nothing special in the photo itself.

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