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by Ricardo La Piettra on Tue May 08, 2012 11:33 am

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Congratulations! This is the Image of the Week selection for the Landscapes Gallery, week ending 11th May, 2012!Sunrise.

Cerro Torre and Laguna Torre.
El Chaltén, Patagonia, Argentina.

1Ds III / Zeiss 35-70mm / Sigh-ray 2 stops GND

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by Paul Skoczylas on Tue May 08, 2012 2:18 pm

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Fantastic! The reflection really pushes this up a notch, but I also love the detail in the foreground ice.

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by Gary Briney on Tue May 08, 2012 5:16 pm

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This looks like another world -- which I suppose in reality it is. I really like the reflection of the golden peak.

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by Greg Russell on Tue May 08, 2012 7:11 pm

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Wow...this is spectacular! I really love the FG ice, but the drama here is great...I'd love to see these mountains someday...

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by John Labrenz on Tue May 08, 2012 10:20 pm

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A stunning landscape with a beautiful reflection....An amazing scene....very nice.
Overly bright areas on top are a very minor nit.

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by Luvntravln on Wed May 09, 2012 8:14 am

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Ricardo, you live in a magic place! I am still playing with my older images from my first visit in 2009-10; can't wait to return for a much longer period. The image is lovely and tack sharp from edge to edge; I am chilled looking at all of the ice int he foreground.

Couple of thoughts: if you use NIK CEP4 you might use a very light "darken edges-lighten center" to set off the golden reflection; alternatively you might lightly burn the foreground to remove the glare from the ice that - at least for me - takes away from the reflection and the peak.

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by Ricardo La Piettra on Wed May 09, 2012 3:28 pm

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Thanks for the feedback! I really appreciate it.

Luvntravln wrote: Couple of thoughts: if you use NIK CEP4 you might use a very light "darken edges-lighten center" to set off the golden reflection; alternatively you might lightly burn the foreground to remove the glare from the ice that - at least for me - takes away from the reflection and the peak.

I don't like vignetes at all man, this is a wide shot taken at 35mm, I have some more compact images of this same scene just with the peak and the reflection.

Greg Russell wrote:Wow...this is spectacular! I really love the FG ice, but the drama here is great...I'd love to see these mountains someday...

Indeed, you should visit down here man.

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by Luvntravln on Wed May 09, 2012 3:54 pm

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Cool Man!

Vignettes are out!!

I would love to have shot that scene with my TS-E 24mm and shifted in both directions for a really wide shot of those beautiful mountains. Someday, perhaps 2014 (we are scheduled to do an 18 day Galapagos Cruise in May; tentatively thinking about going back to Antarctica in January) I am going to knock on your door and ask you "please" (whoa!) to take me to some magic Patagonia Places.

I will post one of mine shortly.

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by Paul Klenck on Wed May 09, 2012 9:54 pm

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Crazy just all over! Unbelievable, from the peaks, to the rocks, ice and reflection. Wonderful.

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by E.J. Peiker on Thu May 10, 2012 12:45 pm

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Absolutely love it. I might tone down the Torres just a bit but compositionally this rocks!

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by Simone Miotto on Thu May 10, 2012 6:31 pm

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great shot... I've seen this on 500px I think.

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by Luzestelar on Fri May 11, 2012 7:21 am

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Wow .. fantastic light and composition

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by upnorthfar on Fri May 11, 2012 3:00 pm

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Everything nicely done and composed, beautiful scenery. What makes the image unique is that it's so pointy and sharp (I don't mean pixel sharpness), I have never seen image like this, great stuff!

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by Dan Wolin on Sun May 13, 2012 11:44 am

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Wow - excellent composition and use of the foreground ice. Some very nice elements in use here - must have been an amazing thing to see in person.

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by Ricardo La Piettra on Sun May 13, 2012 4:57 pm

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Thanks people!

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by CactusD on Mon May 14, 2012 1:00 pm

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Amazing shot. Congratulations on a well deserved IOW.

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by kahkityoong on Sun May 20, 2012 9:07 am

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Top notch Patagonia landscape. My only reservation is that the reflection should be darker in this case. I don't always stick to this law of physics but I think in this case it would strengthen an already fantastic shot even more as the reflection also seems washed out.

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by Morkel Erasmus on Sun May 27, 2012 9:54 am