Bodga Shan - After Sunset Photo

Photographer’s Note

The secnod of my photos uploaded from Bodga Shan in the TianShan mountains.

Copied and pasted from previous entry:

"I believe this mountain to be Mount Bogda (Bodg Uul), although no one there could give me a definate answer so it may be a different un-named mountain.

This area of China is unique as in many ways it's really not China at all. Everything is in Arabic language, Chinese is poorly understood (or spoken with a really heavy accent), the majority of the population is either Ughir or Kazak, the food and architecture are different, and the way of life is completely different to the rest of China.

I took this photo from high up one side of a valley at TianChi (Heavenly Lake) in the TianShan mountains north of Urumqi. If this is Mount Bogda, it stands 5445m (17,864ft) tall and wasn't first climbed until 1981."

Shot Details:

It doesn't look too different from the original shot. All I've done is to increase the levels of red in the curves to bring the sky alive a little (because there was no other red in the picture), and decreased the low end mid level greens in the curves. After this I've increased midtone contrast as the whole photo is pretty much mid tone.

Let me know what you think!

Priam1966, Silversnow, syd1946, Cretense, elihesamian has marked this note useful

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Priam1966 (892) 2008-05-24 2:35

Hello Lee
Firts excuse me for my english (I'm not a teacher) and you know french are not so good with other language.
I really love this shot because the cloud have softly apparence. The blue is already present but the shot is not too cold.
The note is very instructive.
Chris

Silversnow (2107) 2008-05-24 21:45

Very nice landscape here, despite the low light conditions, The cloud helps the composition by setting the enormous scale of the mountain, and the trees make a nice foreground. A bit low-key and dark, but that sets the mood ;)

crckt (7072) 2008-05-25 6:10

Hi Lee,
Lovely shot! Very dreamy effect created by the light and the clouds. Well done.
Regards,
Shaeri

syd1946 (17869) 2008-05-25 11:55

Hello Lee,
This is an excellent landscape composition!Also the misty adds much more to the atmosphere and the photo of course!

Greetings,
Thomas

zumalife (185) 2008-06-01 20:23

Amazing Amazing colors. It is impressive that you got these colors, the clouds and everything is still in focus! Very very nice!!!

Cretense (55754) 2008-06-10 7:15

Hi Lee!

Amazing landscape photography. trully spectacular and very atmospheric! Great composition and framing, beautiful, "dark" light managment! Congratulations!

Best regards,
Hercules

elihesamian (26091) 2008-06-19 2:21

Hello Lee,
amazing tonalities you created for the great view here.
the composition is very good and the view is mystrious.the tonalities adds to the atmosphere.well worked and Thanks for showing us it.
also Thanks for visit my gallery during my absence,
Best Wishes
M

colinb (1534) 2008-07-10 17:18

Wow, great capture of the mist in front of the mountain. Looks like a painting. Well done!

azizbilgili (1714) 2008-11-03 1:13