Picture This!
The Big Landscape: Mountain Views
Shutterbug Staff, April, 2006
Our Picture This! Assignment this month was “The Big Landscape: Mountain
Views.” Readers responded with photos made from East to West with some
of the most beautiful peaks in our land, and with some from overseas as well.
Of course, folks from out West consider Eastern mountains not much more than
foothills, but any feature that rises above the horizon counts in our book.
The aim of this assignment was to show much more than the mountain itself, with
the architecture, environment, and framing given as much importance as the grandeur
of the mountain itself.
Old Smoky |
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The gently rolling hill of the Great Smoky Mountains National
Park was the subject of this monochrome study by Jim Plogger.
He photographed with a Canon EOS 10D and Canon 24-80mm lens; exposure
was f/6.7 at 1/180 sec. He converted to Grayscale mode in Photoshop
CS.
© 2005, Jim Plogger, All Rights Reserved
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Cloud Enshrouded Peak |
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David Eagle photographed in the Grand Tetons in Wyoming with a
Nikon Coolpix 5700 camera; exposure was f/7.9 at 1/48 sec.
© 2005, David Eagle, All Rights Reserved
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Mountain Reflection |
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Mt. Shuksan and the appropriately named Picture Lake were photographed
by Vicky Grady near Mt. Baker in the Northern Cascades, Washington.
She worked with a Pentax ZX-7 and Tamron zoom lens on Kodachrome
200 film.
© 2005, Vicky Grady, All Rights Reserved
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Cathedral Rock |
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Marcus W. Reinkensmeyer used a Hoya .6 ND filter and B+W polarizer
to achieve the long shutter speed necessary for the depiction
of flowing water and elimination of glare from the water and rocks.
He worked with a Nikon D70 and Nikkor DX 18-70mm lens atop a Gitzo
G 2220 tripod and Manfrotto 486 head. Exposure was f/22 at 1/2
sec.
© 2005, Marcus W. Reinkensmeyer, All Rights Reserved
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Glacier And Peaks |
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Dennis Ardigo made this chilly shot in the area outside Juneau,
Alaska, with a Canon EOS 10D and Canon 28-135mm IS lens; exposure
was f/16 at 1/500 sec.
© 2005, Dennis Ardigo, All Rights Reserved
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Hells Canyon |
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Mike Katona stitched three shots from his Olympus 3020 camera
for this photo of Hells Canyon on the Snake River, Oregon. Exposure
was f/5.6 at 1/45 sec.
© 2005, Mike Katona, All Rights Reserved
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Approaching Storm |
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Jan Eitel caught the glowering sky northeast of Salida, Colorado,
with a Pentax *ist D camera and Tokina 28-80mm f/2.8 Pro lens;
exposure was f/5.6 at 1/250 sec.
© 2005, Jan Eitel, All Rights Reserved
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Glade Creek Grist Mill |
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Pat Stapleton photographed during the height of the fall season
in Babcock State Park in West Virginia with a Canon EOS 10D and
28-80mm lens; exposure was f/22 at 1/20 sec.
© 2005, Pat Stapleton, All Rights Reserved
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Alpenglow |
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Scott Cramer caught the light in the Gore Range mountains outside
Vail, Colorado, with a Nikon F5 and Nikkor 80-200mm lens on Fujichrome
50 film; exposure was f/8 at 1/60 sec.
© 2005, Scott Cramer, All Rights Reserved
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Tirolean Landscape |
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Photographing in Austria, John H. Reiff caught this classic Tirolean
scene with a Nikon F4 and Nikkor 28-200mm lens with a polarizing
filter on Fujichrome Velvia film.
© 2005, John H. Reiff, All Rights Reserved
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