Dream ..

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 2, 2011318 views10 comments

I was really lucky to witness a beautiful sunrise at Dream lake in Rocky Mountain National Park last Sunday. Your comments and critiques are highly appreciated.

Larger version included - though highly compressed.

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on November 2, 2011 at 1:56 AM

Stellar conditions for a shoot and it shows through here. I think you could get away with a slight crop off the top and there appears to be some haloing around the large boulder in the middle right reflection. Otherwise, I think the comp is awesome and the light is superb.

Michael

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Comment posted by John Williams on November 2, 2011 at 5:33 AM

Wow, looks cold. The first time I was in sub-zero weather was in Ft. Collins, attending CSU. This kind of reminds me of that. The golden light warming the ridge and clouds is a nice contrast.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on November 2, 2011 at 12:27 PM

Awesome, Soubhik--you'd better be careful or they'll start calling you a 'Photo God' over at RMNP

This reminds me of the conditions when Erik took his great Winter shot at Dream--i wish i had been there! A couple minor tweaks will make this shine: there's a slight CCW tilt, and you might work on the contrast a bit so it pops a bit more--a little fg dodging and some more bg clarity would help i think. Sweet!

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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on November 2, 2011 at 12:28 PM

Soubhik, I really like the warm colors you captured in the clouds and at the top of the mtns, it contrasts nicely with the snow & ice.

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Comment posted by Soubhik Patranabis on November 2, 2011 at 1:14 PM

Thanks for your c&c and suggestions so far

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on November 2, 2011 at 1:19 PM

Soubhik, I really like the conditions you caught when you made this shot. The light and color are wonderful and I think your comp works really well. I like the reflection on the ice too. It does look like it needs a little cw rotation. Beautiful scene!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Ron Pederson on November 3, 2011 at 8:47 AM

Super shot. Nice light. Especially like the subtle color reflection in the ice/water.

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Comment posted by Soubhik Patranabis on November 3, 2011 at 12:38 PM

Thanks for your comments.

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Comment posted by Bruce Painter on November 3, 2011 at 12:44 PM

This is really great. The ice and snow. the colorful glow up top and also picked up in the ice at the bottom really make this shot.

Bruce

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on November 4, 2011 at 7:59 PM

Tremendous light show you had there, Soubhik. My only thought might be to bring out the blues a bit more in the snow/ice to contrast with the intense orange in the clouds.

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