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Portaledges on Gimmer

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 Greasy Prusiks 21 Jun 2017
In reply to Full moon addict:

That's an amazing photo.
 Mark Eddy 21 Jun 2017
In reply to Full moon addict:

Fantastic
 Billhook 21 Jun 2017
In reply to Full moon addict:

Amazing thing to do in the Lakes, or indeed many other Uk venues!
 Sean Kelly 21 Jun 2017
In reply to Full moon addict:

Not sure what camera/lens used here but it looks like poor processing. The background is too light and overexposed and the dark areas are too pixilated and compressed. There was potential for a really great photo here, by getting in close with a extreme W/A lens so foreground and background are sharp.
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In reply to Sean Kelly:

Looks like a fairly lifelike representation of atmospheric haze to me, not over-exposed. And I'm not sure about 'getting in close with a W/A lens'. Usually, the opposite of a wide angle lens is used to 'get in close' from a distance... But I'm sure you meant get physically close with a wide angle lens, didn't you...?
 Ron Kenyon 21 Jun 2017
In reply to Full moon addict:

Love it !!
In reply to Sean Kelly:

On getting back home, I discovered that I had some issues with the focussing. not sure why but I think I may need to calibrate the lens (nikon 24-120) on the camera which is a nikon d750. it was on a tripod but the detail on the climbers was quite poor which explains the pixelation. I actually like the natural haze and the lack of focus on the background. I did try making the background less hazy but I preferred the hazy effect.
 Michael Hood 22 Jun 2017
In reply to Full moon addict: I'm surprised nobody has complained that they wanted to do a headtorch ascent of D Route (or Whit's End, etc.) and that the portaledges totally fouled up their climbing plans

That would be inline with the response to the planned filming on Commando Ridge @Bosigran.

But back to the original subject, looks quite surreal for the UK, must have given some fantastic views and a unique experience - or are there now plans to see which UK crags/routes can be happily portaledged. Should a list of suggestions be started?

Here's one - Cromlech, but left wall or right?
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 Mark Collins 22 Jun 2017
In reply to Full moon addict:

Nice one

See they dispensed with the Cliff Cabana spreader bar, can't say I blame them. Difficult to retreat from anywhere with a dislocated shoulder I imagine. There is a non-strenuous way to assemble though (30:20):
youtube.com/watch?v=Vt3yFl7_2KQ&
 timjones 22 Jun 2017
In reply to Sean Kelly:

> Not sure what camera/lens used here but it looks like poor processing. The background is too light and overexposed and the dark areas are too pixilated and compressed. There was potential for a really great photo here, by getting in close with a extreme W/A lens so foreground and background are sharp.

As a mere viewer rather than a camera geek I think it's a great photo
 Sean Kelly 22 Jun 2017
In reply to Full moon addict:

> On getting back home, I discovered that I had some issues with the focussing. not sure why but I think I may need to calibrate the lens (nikon 24-120) on the camera which is a nikon d750. it was on a tripod but the detail on the climbers was quite poor which explains the pixelation. I actually like the natural haze and the lack of focus on the background. I did try making the background less hazy but I preferred the hazy effect.

Well I would certainly expect much better image from the Nikon and 24-120 lens. Was this from a raw image? to me it really looks like over-processing of a j-peg. If the original is a RAW file you can pull the background in quite a bit by processing in Adobe Camera Raw. As for the processing, resize the image to width of 1200pxls and save as a new j-peg at close to 250kb. If the original is a j-peg then you might be pushed to extract as much detail. I agree that this has the potential for a great image, currently let down by poor processing. I don't think the lens is at fault for a light background. Long focus lenses are prone to poor detail even if you stop down to f11 or smaller. Obviously if using a top-end of the range then this is less of a problem. That why i suggested the W/A as it has less glass and much better DoF. The use of the tripod is good for stability and generally results in a better composed & considered image. What software are you processing the image in? i suspect that with having a D750 you have something decent. I'd strongly recommend reprocessing if possible, and resubmitting, but keep existing votes. I hope this helps.
I should perhaps add that I have also used the same location to capture this very similar image but without the portaledge. https://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.php?id=152638
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 Bulls Crack 23 Jun 2017
In reply to Full moon addict:

No need to justify - great photo!

And I think there is oo much much haze elimination in photo's - it's often just how it is.
 Karl Bromelow 24 Jun 2017
In reply to Full moon addict:

I have to say that I much prefer Full moon addicts shot to Sean's (which appears to be out of focus or is it my eyes?) though I don't doubt Sean's impressive knowledge and greatly admire many of his other shots.

I too have no problem with photos showing it how it is sometimes.
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