Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Red Mountain Pass

Red Mountain Pass


Beautiful shot taken during a drive between Silverton, CO and Ouray, CO. The season is nice; early summer colors with some snow remaining. Slight tone mapping to bring in the clouds.


 * Articles this image appears in:San_Juan_Skyway Red_Mountain_Pass


 * Creator:User:eleaf


 * Nominated by: Eleaf (talk) 02:21, 7 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments:
 * Very nice photo, but I honestly doubt it is high enough quality to pass at FPC. Size is small (at 1200 x 800 it does meet requirements, but bigger is usually expected for 'landscape' type photos). Sharpness, even at this size, is ordinary - I'm guessing this is taken using the kit lens? And the sky is probably a bit too bright, including some completely blown whites. Overall I don't think it would quite make it, sorry. --jjron (talk) 14:35, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Original file is 10 megapixels. Shot with a 24mm 2.8 prime lens on a 40D.  In the original shot, the sky is completely white; I tone mapped the sky down about two stops to compensate, anything more aggressive looked a bit unnatural to me --User:eleaf  —Preceding undated comment added 21:52, 7 June 2009 (UTC).
 * Perhaps something's gone bad in the downsizing then, cos I would expect better from that lens/body combination. Could be worth retrying though on another edit. Re the sky, it's just one of those things - you might only be passing through here and basically get one go at the shot, but that may be the wrong time of day/year. If you can't go back at a more congenial time then the photo may be good in general, but people at FPC are unlikely to make exceptions for what are generally considered 'repeatable' photos. --jjron (talk) 07:36, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the suggestions! Eleaf


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