Steigtind, Arctic Norway

Nicely understated image of a unique looking mountain Svein.

Svein,

A majestic peak for sure and you're certainly right about the nice foreground interest created by this pond and tufts of grass. I like the straight forward and simple composition here. My only suggestion has to do with the overall brightness and punch. I realize the light and angle of light from where you are would certainly be challenging, but from a processing perspective I think this could use a little punch and luminosity; even the color/sat could be boosted slightly. Then again, that's getting in to an area of personal choice too, so don't consider that I'm saying you need to fix it, not at all.

Lovely scene and the comp brings me right there.

Lon

I really love that tarn and the tiny grassy "islands." That's a beautiful mountain as well. Nice work!

Beautiful pink clouds and reflection Svein. I too like the islands of grass.

Your processing looks good and I like the overall scene. If possible, I would have preferred some separation between the patches of grass and the reflection. I'd skim a little off on the right side and maybe dodge the background in the hills there as well. Its a good looking shot and certainly a beautiful place.

Michael

A beautiful shot indeed. I would agree with Lon on the suggestion for post processing though.

Impressive sight! A pretty amazing place, and your comp makes it more so. Sky seems a bit pale, but that's probably because we're so used to intense skies here.

Thanks for all the comments folks!

In this shot I've tried to keep the light natural and faithful to the original scene. This is after sunset and the entire place is lit by pink clouds in the sky, warming the tones of the landscape which is entirely in shadow. It would be no problem of course to add one stop of exposure to the foreground, then boost contrast and saturation. In fact, if I were to include this in a "commercial" portfolio of sorts, I'd probably do that.

Beautiful scene and nice comp, and I like the way my eye is led right to the mountain. Looks like and incredible location. If I'm dealing with a blocked reflection I try to have the summit seen in the reflection, when I can see that the image feels more complete instead of a little blocked off.

Here's a "popping" version of the same image. And yes Jeff, I agree that having the peak in the reflection would have been ideal.

I think the reworked image comes across better for me but I'm on an uncalibrated moniter. I do wish the peak was in the reflection.

The repost definitely pops and I think it’s an improvement, but maybe just a little too bright. Beautiful scene and I really like the foreground. It took me a couple of seconds to figure out what the white dots were. Nicely done.

Very nice mate. Do you think it would be improved wth the sky and cloud a liitle darker?