The Old Furka Pass
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No match
The Furka Pass (elevation 2436 meters) is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps which I crossed over on my way home from Zermatt to Zurich. As I found out later, this pass has been the location for a chasing scene in James Bond - Goldfinger!
About the photo
Adobe Photoshop, Nik Collection.
Nikon D700, AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED.
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Comments (38)
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Syanide
Lovely shot! and good job on the editing!
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Abrosious
Now "that" is how I imagine paradise.
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yep, i think the blueish/purple areas in the far mountains + the bright sky don't fit the brown tones in the clouds. but hey, thats just a matter of taste so don't mind =) anyways a great shot!
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precalc2
amazing
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King_Belleauh
Mac you consistently put up good shots and if you feel the editing in this was sufficient, then I trust your judgment.
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@Parki: You mind telling me why you don't like it? It's simply warmer and has a nice sepia touch. If you don't like it, just go to Photoshop, select the area you don't like (e.g. select color range) and hit CTRL+M to fire up the Adjust Curves for enhanced color correction. Then adjust it the way you like.
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the view is great! nice landscape. but i have to say that i don't like what you did with the colors. especially in the sky and the clouds.
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dtmoody
Very well done. I would love to travel as much as you do... take me with you? LOL
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yet another awesome vista ....can i come and live with you please ?? lol
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animeinme
Great looking picture! Nice capture.
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buck2825
Great editing! have you tried Hugin.
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@Quicksand: Look more closely. Go to the 2560x1600 version and simply follow the eletrical towers from right to left. Then you should be able to see a) the electrical leads and b) the issue of removing the cables entirely. I went for the middle road and removed the easier ones (like the second electrical tower plus wires from the middle mountain) and decreased the opacity of the other wires. Also, keep in mind that the sun reflects the wires in that part of the picture, which is why they're much more noticable than in the rest of the image.
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quicksand
this is a great shot but how can you remove "most of the wires". having a picture with a set of high voltage lines that go from nowhere to nowhere is more distracting that having them all the way they were. objects shouldn't be removed from a photo unless they can be removed in their entirety.
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only4now
incredible re-work.. that original pic is nothing compared to this one!! great pic!!
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Lenegal
Another of Dominic's amazing wallpapers.
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K
Nice work of yours, great tones. Furkapass is one of my favorite roads, I have climbed it with my motorbike quite a few times. Indeed some scenes of Goldfinger (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RbLqJDUf7M&feature=related) are taken there. The best part is the Belvedere Hotel, stayed there three times, it's something, with an overlook on the Rohne valley (the opposite side of the pass). HST, I don't think this is the best effort of yours, although it's good stuff.
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sabern
Edit: http://funkyimg.com/u2/438/042/02326_theoldfurkapass_1680x1050-Edited.jpg
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Mister Q
Epic. Just epic :-)
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Thanks for all your nice comments! I was amazed to see how easy it is to create a good looking panorama with Autopano. Love that program! Regarding the wires / eletrical tower(s): You can actually see the wires coming from the middle mountain, going down into the valley, then going up the mountain again and disappearing behind the far left mountain. I removed most of the wires (which you probably can't distinguish on the original, low-res photo) but those (the ones on the left) were by far the most difficult ones to remove. No matter what I tried, it didn't look natural to me. So I decided to keep this one electrical tower (I removed two others already) and decrease the opacity of the wires so that they don't pop into your eyes.
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antonis7
I absolutely LOVE the colour spectrum in this image, hats off... I just have one question. Since you went into all that editing trouble, why didn't you remove the TV masts ( or whatever they are ) that can be seen along the mountain line almost at the center of the image and a little to the right? I am not saying that they are necessarily distracting, i am just curious about their purpose in the composition