Nightfall over Moor Lake + repost

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 5, 2011350 views10 comments

This photo was taken last week in Yoho NP. I spent three days exploring the area and waiting for the light. Came back with a couple of keepers. I hope you like this one.

Thank you for having a look and leaving a comment.

D5 II, 16-35mm at 20mm, three raw files hand blended.

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Mark Metternich on July 5, 2011 at 1:13 PM

A wonderful dreamscape here!

I'm not sure what it is but it seems it could use just a little more pop. Maybe also a slight boost in the sky red saturation?

Great image though.

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on July 5, 2011 at 1:15 PM

Nice job on the blend Wieslaw. It looks like a beautiful spot, I like the shimmer of light on the ice too.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on July 5, 2011 at 2:51 PM

I'm with Mark on this. There are a lot of nice elements and textures and curves, but the light feels a bit drab. I know it's a personal decision, but there's a lot of good material to work with for more processing.

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Comment posted by Jared Ropelato on July 5, 2011 at 4:06 PM

really nice comp, tones, colors and light here. What a great mood for this shot.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on July 5, 2011 at 7:31 PM

A beautiful scene and this looks like a wonderful place.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Wieslaw Poltorak on July 5, 2011 at 9:42 PM

Thank you for the comments and suggestions. Here is a new version after some adjustments to the foreground and the sky.

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Comment posted by John Williams on July 6, 2011 at 12:10 AM

Very nice Wieslaw, and the repost is a definite improvement.

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on July 6, 2011 at 12:48 AM

I definitely prefer the repost Wieslaw. The sky colors really pop in the repost. Looks like the meltout is still a ways off here.

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Comment posted by Christian Klepp on July 6, 2011 at 5:03 AM

Wieslaw, the image composition looks great, the scenery is great -
but the image looks as if some light is missing.

That was my first overall impression. Than I looked closer to your second version below. I think the sky is now well exposed, also the forground seems right. I guess the missing light is in the trees and the mountains making the whole image look a bit underexposed. Maybe its just a matter of half a f stop or so. Probably the light was on the brink of doing something really dramatic but some cloud in the distance was too thick to let the show start. We all know this - it starts looking phantstic and very promising and than the light just fades away without coming back.

I would love to see what happens to the image once you increased the brightness of the trees and mountains just a bit to increase detail and glow there.

All the best,
Christian.

Registered on January 28, 2011, 8 Posts, 30 Comments

Comment posted by David Edwards on July 6, 2011 at 6:44 AM

A beautiful image, Wieslaw. The repost version is spot on... the extra processing has really brought it to life. The color combination of red and green is now very powerful and dynamic, and the overall color separation is much better.

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