Taiga at dusk

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 15, 2010130 views7 comments

Hi all, thanks for all your comments and suggestions to the last photo I posted

This time of the year when winter is everywhere I remember the fall trip to Alaska a couple of years ago. We spent four days at wonder lake campsite and one of the evenings we could enjoy one of the beautiful sunsets at the amazing taiga.

I hope you like it, the light of course was awesome

but is it the compo unbalanced?

RAW image @91mm, ISO 100, f/16, EOS 5D, EF 70-200 f/4L USM, polarizer, Tripod, TK Luminosity Masks, a little crop on the upper part.

Regards

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Barry Vangrov on January 15, 2010 at 6:05 PM

That's some spectacular light Roberto! I do't think the comp is unbalanced because I think the cloud formation at the left helps balance the mountains on the right. But I would try cropping out the 1st row of trees at the bottom.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on January 15, 2010 at 6:11 PM

Roberto,

I don't think the comp is unbalanced either, in fact I think it is nicely balanced. The gentle diagonals of the fore and mid ground balance out nicely as does the clouds and the mountain as Barry mentioned.

I do think you have some color balancing issues, especially with the blue at the base of the mountains and I'm also wishing there was a little more pop or life to the forested area at the bottom - it just looks kinda flat.

I see that you have made a few more comments this past week and that's is noticed and appreciated. I will continue to encourage you however to make an effort to comment on other people's work. You have received some very good feedback and I believe you have some valuable thoughts to give back to others. Thanks!

Lon

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Comment posted by Nick Holland on January 15, 2010 at 6:47 PM

Beautifully delicate sky and a great "painterly" feel to the mountains. However, the foreground lacks punch and definition. There appears to be a lot more detail that could be brought out with careful processing.

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Comment posted by István Molnár on January 15, 2010 at 11:53 PM

Hi Roberto!
Nice work!

István

Registered on January 7, 2010, 114 Posts, 704 Comments

Comment posted by Joel Hazelton on January 16, 2010 at 12:26 AM

Roberto, very peaceful and well-balanced image. I think some additional contrast would make it even better.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on January 16, 2010 at 5:41 AM

Lovely! Yes, well balanced comp. Maybe just burning the shadows in the foreground would give it the extra little zing it needs without disturbing the overall look and feel of the image...

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on January 16, 2010 at 4:00 PM

Beautiful, well balanced composition Roberto. Maybe a tad more contrast as others suggested but other than that, a wonderful image.

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