Sweet Isabelle

Excellent comp and light, Stan. I really like the color the mountain reflection adds to the water.

I love the reflected color on the water Stan. Beautiful warm light on the peaks too!

it´s impressive the tonal range here. great colors! the glow is really intense too and the reflected colors. great comp/capture, Stan!!

excellent light, I love the pinks in the water, perfect lighting, nice detail and sharpness, great composition

Wicked composition Stan. Nice flow in this image just like the last.

This is beautiful! Great light,comp and processing.

Beauty Stan, love the comp with those fg rapids, really nice. Loving the reflection as well.
Great find.

Stan,

I really like everything about this. Great light, color, composition, etc. also great job in handling that range of light (wait, the "range of light" only happens in Sierra....)

Very, very minor, but you know me, I'll point out any tiny thing... appears to me that the lake level is tilted ever so slightly CCW. I realize the lakeshore is receeding, it's just a perception...

Beautiful alpine image Stan.

Lon

Beautiful color and light. I really like the looks of the water and the reflection. I agree with Lon about the water looking a little tilted, but that might be the way it looked. This is another one of those that I really enjoy looking at. Nice work.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, Wi

Outstanding color display, Stan. I love the scene and your composition with the nice reflection. Good blend.

Wow! Stunning image Stan. Gorgeous comp, stunning light, perfect shutter speed, ideal snow level, and tack sharp. This is definitely one of my top 10 favorites of yours that I've seen. My only small suggestion is to desaturate the highlights of the reflections just a bit. I find the purplish tint just a tad distracting. Overall, absolutely incredible Stan. Congrats!

Stan, very nice scene. Great reflection on the water. Best Regards.

Great colors here Stan. The reflected light on the water is awesome.

Gorgeous Stan. This might be my favorite image I have seen of yours! Well done.

Shane

Very nice Stan. You did a great job on the blend, meaning the DR looks very true to how our eyes would perceive this scene. I especially like the reflecting orange light in the water and rocks.

Thanks, Vincent;
i should note that this wasnt a very tricky blend--i could have made do with one exposure but then i would have had a slightly different exposure on the water--which i didnt want. On tough exposures i might pull all sorts of tricks with luminosity masks etc, but here i just did a quick and easy 2 layer digital grad, since the shadowed area was perfect for a gradual transition.

Pretty much perfect, Stan.

Stunning shot! Superb composition and light. Perhaps the water could do with a bit of warming up though?

Ooh La La!! Stan...this is as perfect as it gets!! Everything comes together here!!

It's an attractive scene Stan, I like the saturation and in particular in the foreground water.

Gary.

Sweet Isabelle Stan, great job at a beautiful scene!

Dramatic, sun splashed, ridges are awesome, but very common. The foreground really sets this apart! Excellent Stan. I know it's sky snobbery, but a touch of clouds backing this up would have been epic.

Very nice shot, Stan. Great light and colors. Lovely scene.

Stan, of the images you have posted recently of Isabelle, I like this one the best. The warm sunlit peaks contrasting with the cool blue of the outlet. Nice shutter speed for the water. Golden reflection in the lake and outlet. Sweet!

Stan, I think this is definitely "the one" out of your collection from this trip. Amazing range of tones, the color reflected on the lake is nice, great alpen glow and the cascade is really cool. A great comp.

Oh Stan!!!! That's my critique.

Amazing indeed Stan

i like the comp alot and the colors too

the 2 corners @ the bottom a little bit dark IMO

thanks for sharing

Most excellent image, Stan. My personal preference would be to warm up the bottom just a bit so it's not quite so blue - otherwise, fantastic! Tilt, if present, is pretty minimal.

Wonderful colours in those reflections. Tristan

Hey Stan,
Sweet light and all around outstanding comp. great job with the blend too!

Beautiful light and comp Stan, a winner.

Geez, Stan, I mean really! Couldn't you put up something reasonably sensational for once?

This is so over the top! Hat's off to you.

Strong comp with lots of impact. I'd love to wake up to this scene any day of the week. If I had any nit, I'd probably prefer the water reflection to be more toward the gold portion of the spectrum rather than the pink. Other than that, this well crafted image more than works for me as presented.

Stan,

Very dramatic! Love everything about this Image. Well done. It's one of your best.

Meant to comment on this beauty yesterday Stan. So many elements expertly captured and processed! Exquisite light. Is this up above Rye?

No, thats Lake Isabel, different lake (though real pretty too, so i hear, just not alpine)
this is west of Boulder (just south of RMNP)
Thanks for all the kind remarks, folks!

Great colors and comp, Stan. That water is just plain awesome!