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By: Ina Nicolae
Copyright ©2006

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Photographer	Ina Nicolae {Karma:44481}
Project	#33 Pictures of Famous Places	Camera Model	Canon 300D
Categories	Panoramic Landscape	Film Format
Portfolio	B&W + Sepia Panoramic Landscapes	Lens	Canon 18-55mm EFS f/3.5-5.6
Uploaded	1/19/2006	Film / Memory Type	CF card
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Views	643	Shutter	1/125
Favorites	5	Aperture	f/11
Critiques	75	Rating	Critique Only Image
Location	City - Hwy 395 North State - CA Country - United States
About	My UF friend Bob Walker's home turf :)))) This one's for you Bob :) Cropped and selective PS toning.

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Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 2/2/2006

Thanks very much Davide, I will come to see your portfolio, it's always nice to find people who share the same views! Best regards, Ina

davide lupo-pasini {K:8079} 2/2/2006

Ciao Ina!
this shot, really make me want to come back in the States...
i've walked on your portfolio... you've a bunch of shots i "feel" mine; i mean, u've the way to look an photography things very close to my think...
congrats!
Ciao
Davide

deniz cesmeci {K:5726} 1/29/2006

thanks for your answer now i know once more :)
chau

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/29/2006

Hi Deniz, it's a legitimate question, Kathy Hillard asked me the same, and if you scroll up in this message thread you will see the original in color. I'm using sometimes the Canon's A-Dep mode, the camera automatically controls the depth of field to ensure that all the subjects covered by the focusing points, from those close to the camera to those far away from the camera remain sharply defined (are within the depth of field). I will post soon a barn with some tree branches in the foreground, and although they are very far apart all are in full focus. Best regards, Ina

deniz cesmeci {K:5726} 1/29/2006

great shot
but i what to know if it is original becouse it seems not to be natural
wenn you take a photo it can not be two place(wenn there is a lot place between the two objeckts) at the same time in focus .
im sorry my english is not so good
but

in 12 february i going to go to england
i hope my english will be better
thanks for comment have nice night

deniz cesmeci

Mark Longo {K:12760} 1/28/2006

Thanks for pointing out the color version, I had missed that. The color shot is interesting in how it shows the genesis of this image, but it's not special like the final image is. You have really taken this shot to a new level with what you've done. Great eye to see the potential in the original, a lesson on how an image can be transformed. It's so hard for me to see this sort of potential in an image, it's not something I've worked with very much. I need to experiment more! Thanks Ina.

Mark

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/28/2006

Again, Mark, belated thanks :) Re: how this looks in color, I attached a color full frame in my reply to Kathy Hillard, it was OK in color, but the sign didn't stand out as much :) Best regards, Ina

Mark Longo {K:12760} 1/25/2006

Amazing DOF. Nice choice to desaturate this, though I expect it also looks nice in full color. The desaturation makes it a little bit starker and so makes the route sign popo a little more, which I think is important so that the signh and the background aren't in too much competition. Great choice making it a pano frame shape with the sign at far left. Great eye here, Ina!

Mark

Roland Lacson {K:12214} 1/25/2006

Good thirds & magnificent view of the Sierras in the back. Like the lone color on the sign, nice one Ina & thanks much for the kind words to my image, best wishes.

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/23/2006

Thank you from all my heart, dear Robert for both comments on my highway images, I really appreciate your dedicated attention and in-depth analysis. You can see a lot of things that I had in mind, it's wonderful to read your thoughtful remarks! Best regards, Ina

Robert Kocs {K:89085} 1/23/2006

I think that's a very nice landscape with abstract elements but I know nobody see those are. Therefore I try to describe it. First one the very famous plate from motorway with pretty designed formation. This beauty as curious children to stretch "I'm here", it's very funny and abstraction in one. The lines of electric pylon against the fine soft lines of background are very strong & exciting contrast. The top of mountains great silhouette & formations are very superb with creative fluffy cludy sky. Great composition full of interseting constrast and exciting tensions. Very well done dear friend. Thanks for shar us this beuty landscape. Take care!!! :) A hug! 7+++

My best wishes dear!
Robert

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/22/2006

Thank you Gyuri, as I'm using PS a lot lately, many people thought this sign was added - actually, as you saw, it was in the original shot! Greetings, Ina

György Szönyi {K:10011} 1/22/2006

I just nitoce that the roadsign was originally on the picture. The post-procession made it very interesting.

György Szönyi {K:10011} 1/22/2006

Beautiful classic landscape in the reminding one of Ansel Adams. The roadsign insert is a good device. alienating from the perfect photography effect, at the same time familiarizing, making it modern. best, Gyuri

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/21/2006

Thanks for this comment too, Jeanette, it made me think of a John Wayne movie too :) Best regards, Ina

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/21/2006

Thank you so much Roby for your kind thoughts, I always appreciate it :) Best regards, Ina

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/21/2006

Thanks very much Yahya, I really appreciate it :)

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/21/2006

Thanks very much Wael - appreciate it :) Best regards, Ina

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/21/2006

Thank you Karina very much :) That's a great point, I never thought about it :)

Yahya El Hosafy {K:8369} 1/21/2006

wonderfull Ina, like the angle of the sign and composition.
the crop is effective too.
very impressive photo.
to my FAVs.

Roberto Arcari Farinetti

{K:209486} 1/21/2006

very, very, cooool!
marvelous, i love this shot my dear ina..
in my favorites, and for all the week end i'm happy, much happy if you have an award ..i hope!
have all the best and best wishes..
hugs
roby

Jeanette Hägglund {K:59855} 1/21/2006

What a daily view he has then - so good for the fantasy and imaging desire.... Nicely done by you Ina, make me think of an road movie!

Jeanette

WAEL HAMDAN {K:7476} 1/21/2006

Fantastic panoramic shot indeed
regard
wael

Karina Brys {K:16541} 1/21/2006

You have portrayed the US of A perfectly without falling into a cliché-like photo.

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/21/2006

Thank you very much Mark, I appreciate it, and it's always nice to hear from someone who knows the area :)

Mark Beltran {K:32612} 1/21/2006

Instant favorite! I've been up and down this road more than once. It's a great road for driving and motorcycling. Next time I go back out there, I'm taking my toy cameras.

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/21/2006

Thank you very much Rashed :)

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/21/2006

Hi Kathy, thanks for looking again :)

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/21/2006

Hi Ann, that place is so huge, you can never see it in one trip, especially if you're taking pictures. On that trip my Canon Rebel decided to die on me before we got to DV, and I was left without a wide angle lens (:-O
My favorite pictures are those from the sand dunes and the ghost towns. Everything was shot with my 4 MP Panasonic, so I can't tweak them as much as I'd like.
Cheers, Ina

Kathy Hillard {K:25721} 1/21/2006

Wow, Ina! I love the colored, uncropped version, too! I have a long way to go to understand this whole photography thing, but the aperture setting must have been just right, because this image is great!
Kathy

Ann Nida {K:45248} 1/20/2006

I'm ashamed to say it but I missed all those places too Ina as well as Mesquite Flats and there's a really narrow canyon there that was closed due to flooding so I'd love to go back and see all those places as well as the waterfall that's hidden in there somewhere - takes an hour hike to get there. Not sure but it could be called Darwin Falls or similar name. Visitors Centre would know about that one. Did you go to Scotty's Castle? I really enjoyed that tour. There is so much to see in DV that even after multiple visits and all the places I have seen there is always more to see. It's just so vast it's mind boggling. Maybe I'll go with you when you visit. LOL

Cheers - Ann :)

Rashed Abdulla

{K:163889} 1/20/2006

wonderful landscape and with great details ,contrast and very beautiful tone , all of the best my friend .

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/20/2006

Hi Ann, Lots of fun to read your message! So there is a "lake" or a reservoir between the hwy and the mountains, and it looks like there is a railroad in between the hwy and the lake. On the map it is about 30 miles Soyh of Lone Pine. These old kilns were accessible from the hwy 395 side West of DV - picture attached:
Pet names for the hills! LOL! Nice place to hike - except in the summer, I guess. Maybe I'll ask Bob to have a look as well at this picture :) I'd love to go back to DV - especially since they've opened Dante's View Roadnow, because I missed Zabriskie Point which is a must for photographers. I also missed the Racetrack, so... I'm thinking of going back sometime :) Cheers, and thanks! Ina

Old Charcoal Kilns

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/20/2006

Thanks very much Nigel :)

Ann Nida {K:45248} 1/20/2006

Hi Ina....I wasn't saying that so you'd mention me in your "about". I was just letting you know that I know the area very well (eh - said in best Canadian accent).

I didn't know it until a few weeks ago but Bob and I lived in the same small town called California City. Bob is still there but I left last May. I was there for 6 years and for all we know we probably passed each other multiple times at the local drugstore.

The lake you mentioned is Lake Isabella. Have also seen that from every angle possible... aerial and road. There is a pretty little town up there called Kernville and has an interesting museum and a handful of neat antique stores to snoop through. I have a couple of aerial shots. I might post one some day. China Lake is the Naval Military Base in Ridgecrest. Seems a ridiculous name for a desert base and even more ridiculous for a Naval Base. (haha)

As for where this is exactly... you mentioned Charcoal Kilns but the only ones I know of are in Death Valley which isn't in this area. However, there is a large reddish looking hill made of cinder cones from an old volcano. You drive right by that on 395 on the way to Bishop. Maybe Bob could shed some more light on exact locales here. He always seems to be hiking these hills so probably has a pet name for every hill like "Heart Attack Heights" or "Breathless Beauty" or some such name. (hehe)

As for me...coming from a sea level home on the east coast of Australia I just about needed oxygen to live in the high desert at 2,500 feet where Cal City was... thus my personal pet names (as mentioned above) for those hills. Thanks for the ride down memory lane. It seems like years ago. Sometimes I miss the desert and all it's beauty... in particular the sky and sunshine.

Sorry this is so wordy. That comes from years of being a tour guide. (haha)

Cheers - Ann :)

Nigel Watts.

{K:5237} 1/20/2006

I like the panoramic format and tone
Great photograph
Nigel

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/20/2006

Hi Ann, I am soooooo sorry I didn't mention you, I had no idea this was your turf as well! Where did you live? And you are right, this is around the Ridgecrest area, somewhere between Barstow and Independence. What a great area and scenery! I have revisited my pictures and have some with a lake around there, and have no idea what lake that is, isn't that a shame? It was somewhere along 395N before the sands and the old charcoal kilns - maybe you can tell me? Must be China Lake, eh? (heh-heh, trying my best Canadian accent now). Anyway, I owe you one, just tell me which one would you like? A CA, an AK, or an icy shot from my neck of the woods? Cheers, Ina

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/20/2006

Thank you very much Walter :)

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/20/2006

Hi Kathy and thanks for your comment! This is a single shot, no layering - only cropped panoramic and selective PS toning and coloring - I am including the full frame below, I don't know how it's all in focus, but I assume the F10 did it. I shot this in JPEG, so I can't determine the focal points with the Canon software, I think that's only available in RAW? Anyway, thanks and have a look- this is the full picture untouched:

Full Frame

Walter Scarella

{K:19671} 1/20/2006

Excellent panoramic Ina ! Great tones and perfect composition, a very beautiful work ! Congrats....Walter

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/20/2006

Thanks very much Paul, I switched to B & W to emphasize the highway idea, apart from the scenery :)

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/20/2006

Thanks very much Susie :)

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/20/2006

Hi Bob, I have lots of pictures from that area, the scenery is spectacular, and I didn't realize it was Ann Nida's turf, as well! I remember seeing your shots from the Bishop and Mt. Whitney area, and naturally I thought of you - but now I owe one to Ann :) Best regards, Ina

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/20/2006

Thanks Andrzej, I love that area, besides the great vistas there is also great weather :)

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/20/2006

Thanks very much Mohamed, I think the new panoramic format suits me - there is so much more room for details!

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/20/2006

PS - Hugo, you gave me an idea with ZZ Top! Got to search for some motorcycles shots :)

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/20/2006

Hello Hugo, I love your comment, especially the "archetypal" part. It is "a highway" - despite of the mountain view, it is more, as you perfectly put it "about travel", about being on the road, being out there in the open space, absorbing the view, with music on the radio and (heh-heh!) ZZ Top goes with me, as much as does Bob Dylan and a few other "regulars" :) It's the immensity of the landscape, I don't know if you live in Holland or in America, but this is what strikes me about this continent - the hugeness of it, and the feeling of freedom you get while on the road. I have quite a number of empty highway shots, especially from that area of CA and Death Valley. Very typical, but still when I look at them it makes want to travel :) Thanks very much for your great comment! Ina

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/20/2006

Thank you so much Paolo :) Ina

Paolo Corradini

{K:59552} 1/20/2006

wow a great definition of this panoramic view my favourite again!

PAOLO

Hugo de Wolf {K:185110} 1/20/2006

Hi Ina, Again such an interesting shot! The road sign near by, and it's placement on the left side creates an archetypal feel for travel and driving... The Kenny Loggin's feel... Highway to the Danger zone... I really like the toning here, with the resemblance of a glow in the dark sign (same era as Top Gun, if I'm not mistaken. As to the framing, just a wild idea, I think a rounded box would do brilliantly here, too, but the way it is is also very fine... A perfect filmstrip, and a great feel...

Onto a different feel, which fits the image also quite well... La Grange - ZZ top... Biker's galore, road side diners and lots of heavy thumping cylinders....

Very inspiring... Get's my creative vibes running again... Who knows, I just might be through with my series of postcards sooner than expected. It'll only take a few gentle shoves in the back....:)

Cheers, and thanks. Needed this!

Hugo

Mohamed Banna {K:34237} 1/20/2006

great proportions
perfect composition
i love the clouds composition comparing to mountain composition
they are playing together :)

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/20/2006

Thanks very much Andre :)

Andrzej Pradzynski {K:22541} 1/20/2006

Ina, Great symbol of California and the beautiful landscape varity along. One day I'll go big part of the HY, so far I know only small pieces here and there in CA but mostly in NV (in Carson/Reno area). Whetever it's great panorama view with a special focal on the east of Sierras comunication artery. Great in selective chromes. Cheers, n.j

Bob Walker {K:1066} 1/20/2006

Wow, Ina! Way cool!!!
Thanks so much, I truly appreciate the thoughtful dedication.
I have to admit that I love this area. I hope to spend even more time exploring this year than we did last. So much to see...

As for the image... it is awesome. Love the tones and pano format. Definitely goes into my favorites!

Thanks again and best regards,
Bob

Susie OConnor {K:34798} 1/20/2006

Great shot Ina. Very nice dof too. The focus is wonderful. I really like the tones and that tilted sign just makes the shot.
Susie

The Pilgrim

{K:65007} 1/20/2006

love the compsition and tones you got out of this classic type image. Very well done!!
Thanks for sharing

Paul

Kathy Hillard {K:25721} 1/20/2006

I like this one, Ina! I love the tones, and the simple frame is perfect! Did you layer this or is it all one shot? If it isn't layered, how did you get such great focus on both the sign and the mountains in the background?
Kathy

Ann Nida {K:45248} 1/19/2006

Hey Ina, Bob and I were neighbours for years and didn't even know it until a few weeks ago. Small world eh (eh said in my best Canadian accent) This was also my backyard for 6 years. Have traveled up and down this highway more times than I can remember. I like the sign. That's a long highway and out in that desert all the hills start to look alike after a while so I can't say where exactly it might be but I'll take a stab in the dark and say somewhere around Ridgecrest area? Good one Ina and nice dedication to Bob. I'm sure he'll know those hills.

Cheers - Ann :)

Andre Denis {K:66407} 1/19/2006

Nice Landscape Ina,
It was a great idea to include the colourized sign, slightly tilted in the image. It makes a nice landscape just a little more special.
Andre

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/19/2006

Thank you very much Ayşe :)

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 1/19/2006

Thank you very much Gertrud :)