Morning by the lake

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 13, 2011277 views9 comments

This photo was taken last winter on cold winter morning by the lake Mälaren near Stockholm, Sweden. The sun was raising behing the trees and turned the sky in a beautiful red color. Done a great deal of post-processing on this to get details in the shadow areas and to remove cromatic abb. Canon EOS 5D and 17-40L@17mm
//Anders

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9 comments

Comment posted by Christine Adams on March 13, 2011 at 8:12 PM

Hi Anders, I can't believe I am the 57th viewer and there hasn't been any comments yet. This is beautiful. I may not be very knowledgeable in post processing but I like what I see!

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on March 13, 2011 at 8:49 PM

A lovely scene, and well-composed. Your processing labors paid off -- this looks perfect, right down to the glow on the foreground snow in the dim light of sunrise.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 13, 2011 at 8:56 PM

It's amazing that this is such a gentle scene considering the red clouds. Your processing efforts have paid of very well. You might lighten ever so slightly the dark tree on the mid-ground slope, they look somewhat blocked up on my monitor.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on March 13, 2011 at 9:34 PM

Even with the ice and snow the warm colors in the sky, which are reflected in the snow, gives some nice warmth to this image. My only though here would be to maybe lighten and bring out more texture in the background trees.

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Comment posted by Christine Jackson on March 13, 2011 at 10:20 PM

Anders,

I really enjoy your excellent composition--how the foliage, rock face, and forest lead the eye into and throughout the scene. The small details and color make this a fantastic image. I am seeing some interesting detail in/on the ice in the bottom third/right side of the image that looks like a crack or some large tracks--not sure...but that detail reflects the larger "S" curve of the foliage, rock, and forest on the left. Well Done!

Chrisie Jackson
Denver, Colorado

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Comment posted by Darren Huski on March 14, 2011 at 9:11 AM

well done. Nice colors.

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Comment posted by dean hebert on March 14, 2011 at 1:54 PM

I like the reflected colours on the FG snow.

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Comment posted by Anders Engström on March 14, 2011 at 4:25 PM

Thanks everybody, I´m glad you like it...
Chrisie, those are actually tracks from an animal. It never occured to me that they reflect the shape of the land, I just thought of them as a little extra detail in the image. But you are absolutely correct, thanks!
//Anders

Registered on September 21, 2010, 21 Posts, 83 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Roane on March 15, 2011 at 1:56 PM

Hello Anders
The comp works well, and the sky is gorgeous. I'm not overly enthusiastic with the processing, but don't know what to suggest. I have a really hard time processing scenes like this. My tendency is, as you have done, to brighten the fg, but then it often doesn't look right and looks unrealistic and 'overprocessed'. I am feeling that sentiment on this image.

Registered on December 12, 2008, 213 Posts, 2226 Comments