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Examples: Alabama Hills and Mt Whitney Area (IQ4 150)
These examples in the Alabama Hills and Mt Whitney area.
Includes images up to full 151MP camera resolution (14204 X 10652). Also includes 100 megapixel downsampled variants for perspective versus Fujifilm GFX100.
Alpenglow on Mt Whitney Range from Alabama Hills
I was disappointed at the sharpness I obtained: in the foreground, depth of field is not quite enough and in the distance, something has disturbed the sharpness—perhaps a faint breeze but also atmospheric distortion, which moves details around as much as 2-3 pixels (this can be seen by shooting more than one identical frame). Accordingly, I used more aggressive sharpening to compensate.
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Phase One IQ4 + Schneider Kreuznach LS 240mm f/4.5 IF + polarizer Zeiss
ENV: Alabama Hills, altitude 4600 ft / 1402 m, 35°F / 1°C
RAW: LACA corrected, pull 0.69 stops, +12 Shadows, USM {10,50,0}, diffraction mitigating sharpening, SmartSharpen{150,1.5,0}
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