Cascades Across Cultus

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 15, 201091 views3 comments

I found this shot the other day from the eastern shore of Cultus Lake in Central Oregon with the Cascade Mountains in the background. I liked the way the morning light illuminated the foreground rocks, and the rocks created a path out into the water. C&C welcome. Taken with the Canon 50D and Tamron 28-75 2.8.

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Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on May 16, 2010 at 3:28 PM

Clayton, it seems to me you actually have two different photos in one image. I like the photo, but IMHO the foreground is a strong image w/o the mountains in the BG, and the mountains with lake in the FG can stand alone, together I think the two elements compete with each other. I like the play of the light and shadows on the rocks. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Clayton Musgrove on May 16, 2010 at 4:43 PM

John
Thank you very much for your insight. After looking at the image again from your perspective I think you are absolutely correct. I tried a horizontal crop of the bottom of the image and I think it stands up well on it's own. I think I will post it and see what others think.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on May 16, 2010 at 6:52 PM

Clayton,

This works really well considering the seemingly bright and nearly cloudless conditions. The dappled light and shadows on the foreground rocks make for a strong focal point. While I don't necessarily think the rocks and mountains are competing against each other, I do think that the big wide sky is a bit much. If you cropped at least 1/2 the sky the mountains actually become a nice backdrop and the rocks and shadows become more important.

Technically, this looks like it's suffering a bit from jpg compression you might consider rotating to correct the pseudo horizon of the lake shore. Also, and this is a matter of taste, but the sky is a little "too blue" or saturated to me. no biggie though.

Crop some of the sky and you have a nice comp and image.

Lon

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