Mount Unwin in Jasper National Park

[tbob]

We were sitting on a bench just talking when the urge to at least try this shot struck, my wife accepts this sort of weird behaviour. She did not have the benefit of the telephoto lens so really could not see what I was doing. She now thinks it worked out

[NorthernFocus]

I go through the same thing all the time, Trevor. You'd think after enough years they'd stop rolling there eyes when you pick up the camera...

Nice image. It's funny how much different perspective can be. Viewed small in the post the trees at left in the foreground look odd/out of place. But viewed in larger format in the light box they fit right in. Overall nicely done.

[Wavelength]

Very nice...i also wonder how different it it would be in colors....

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured and processed.

[Round Tuit]

+1 to Nandakumar's comment.

[LePetomane]

Trevor, very nice. Jasper is a beautiful park. We would always go there when we visited my brother-in-law in Edmonton.

[tbob]

Very nice...i also wonder how different it it would be in colors....

As you requested

[tbob]

I go through the same thing all the time, Trevor. You'd think after enough years they'd stop rolling there eyes when you pick up the camera...

Nice image. It's funny how much different perspective can be. Viewed small in the post the trees at left in the foreground look odd/out of place. But viewed in larger format in the light box they fit right in. Overall nicely done.

My wife and I have reached an understanding (well; a caveat really) On family outings or things where we are to share the experience I do not take my camera gear. However if we agree that the gear goes, then I am free to use it as i see fit. She is free to wander off, it is up to me to catch up.

When I shot this I purposely included the trees, spit of land and a bit of the lake. Seemed too boring without the foreground interest.

[tbob]

Trevor, very nice. Jasper is a beautiful park. We would always go there when we visited my brother-in-law in Edmonton.

We drive through the park frequently, rarely stopping. I think we have agreed that needs to stop. So we will try one day hike each time we drive through, providing it is not a rush trip.

[Round Tuit]

As you requested

I prefer the colour over the B&W but that is not surprising for me.

[DanK]

Beautiful capture. I think that area is one of the most spectacular places on the entire continent. I first saw it when I was a teenager and bicycled from Jasper to Banff. Truly awe-inspiring.

I too prefer the color, although the blue haze over the trees detracts a bit. (We live with that all the time here in the east because of the higher humidity.) I'm guessing that you could cut that back somewhat.

The B&W seems to lack a little bit of pop because of low contrast in the shadows, and now that I see the color, I'm guessing that part of the reason is the haze. You could add some by moving the black point and adding some contrast and local contrast. Now that Manfred explained how to fix my PS problem, I tried a very quick version just the first two of these edits. See what you think.

[tbob]

Beautiful capture. I think that area is one of the most spectacular places on the entire continent. I first saw it when I was a teenager and bicycled from Jasper to Banff. Truly awe-inspiring.

I too prefer the color, although the blue haze over the trees detracts a bit. (We live with that all the time here in the east because of the higher humidity.) I'm guessing that you could cut that back somewhat.

The B&W seems to lack a little bit of pop because of low contrast in the shadows, and now that I see the color, I'm guessing that part of the reason is the haze. You could add some by moving the black point and adding some contrast and local contrast. Now that Manfred explained how to fix my PS problem, I tried a very quick version just the first two of these edits. See what you think.

I appreciate your version; and vision. While processing I toyed with making the trees darker for the reason you elucidated. Finally I elected to go with the version I uploaded because I wanted to keep a wide tonal variation in the trees. This is an artistic choice only; I just like being able to go back to an image and finding new bits to see. I like complex images for this reason, which is one of the reasons for the lake and foreground land spit being included.

[ccphoto]

I also appreciated the desire to keep a good tonal range in the trees, but agree the original lacks a bit of tonal pop. Instead of toying with moving the black point, I removed the slightly bluish color cast, did a B&W Adjustment layer working all but the then used a wide midtones luminosity mask to draw in the nice tonal range of both of the foreground trees.

While this is an edit, it is only meant as a possibility and never to suggest yours is not the better of the two.

[Dave A]

I love this image......exceptional.

Dave

[royent]

I prefer the colour version. I get more separation of foreground, middleground and background
Roy

[lovelife65]

Very nice, prefer the color image.

A very beautiful area, hubs and I were just there last summer with our dogs. It was bad timing though, 4th of July weekend AND Canada 150. But we found great things to hike and explore.