More Mount Marathon

by Ron on August 5, 2009

Mount Marathon, Seward, Alaska.

Mount Marathon, Seward, Alaska.

Here is another photo from Sunday night on Mount Marathon.

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{ 13 comments… read them below or add one }

Mark August 5, 2009 at 9:19 am

I can’t believe you live near these slums Ron. Hopefully someone will clean up all that graffiti soon.

Ron August 5, 2009 at 9:50 am

LOL – Yeah this is a pretty tough neighborhood!

Nina (UK) August 5, 2009 at 2:21 pm

Your photographs certainly cheer me up in my “slums” at night. I work permanent night duty in a prison !!

Ron August 5, 2009 at 3:01 pm

O wow, that is a tough assignment! Thanks Nina!

Dan Creighton August 5, 2009 at 3:21 pm

Wow, wow, wow. Killing me living where I do. Stop it ;^)

Ron August 5, 2009 at 3:49 pm

Thanks a lot Dan! You need to visit!

Scott August 6, 2009 at 6:24 am

Beautiful shot. Did you use a grad filter on this?

Ron August 6, 2009 at 7:42 am

Thanks Scott!

I used a two stop hard edge graduated neutral density filter on they sky.

Scott August 6, 2009 at 10:36 am

Ron,
I’m preparing for a trip to the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone next month and had a question about filters. Would you use a soft edge grad filter for photos with mountains, or do you think hard edges are fine? I’m wondering how you would use a hard edge in this Mt. Marathon photo since the mountains aren’t a straight line.

Thanks!

Ron August 6, 2009 at 1:24 pm

Hi Scott,

Grand Tetons and Yellowstone in September should be a blast!

Here, I angled the filter across the mountains by hand holding the filter. The sun was shinning a bit in the valley, but not at all along the stream where I was standing. In fact, in this photo, I think I moved the filter down a bit to include a good portion of the mountains, you can tell because the green mountain on the left, and the rocks on the right are a bit too dark. I would probably try to lighten them a bit when I actually process the image.

Around mountains, I tend to use the hard edge filters the most. On this trip for example where I was limited by space because I was backpacking I only brought my 2 and 3 stop hard edged. There are times the soft edge works best, but usually I go with the hard edge.

Carl D August 6, 2009 at 5:00 pm

Hey Ron,

ID all the flowers in this image and I’ll let you off the dinner deal you owe me.

Cheers

Carl

Scott August 6, 2009 at 5:28 pm

Thanks so much for your help, Ron. I really appreciate it!

Ron August 6, 2009 at 7:25 pm

LOL – I think it would be easier to buy you that dinner that I don’t really owe you. :)

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