Tahoma

Gallery: LandscapePosted August 29, 2012538 views22 comments

Sunrise light photographed above Mt. Rainier and a beautiful meadow of sub-alpine wildflowers.

Nikon D800, 14-24, f/16, no filters

Thanks for looking! If you care, it looks a little better on the dark background of my website. (print URL above)

Comments

22 comments

Comment posted by Stuart Williams on August 29, 2012 at 2:39 AM

very pretty. not 100% convinced by 50/50 comp - the sky is where i'd be prepared to lose something.

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Comment posted by Alex Mody on August 29, 2012 at 2:49 AM

Thanks, Stuart. I deliberated about that before posting, and I think I made the wrong choice. This feels much better.

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Comment posted by Navin Sarma on August 29, 2012 at 2:58 AM

Nice shot Alex! The layers and textures in the FG are amazing, and I think your vingette is nice and subtle. Hope you're doing well!

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on August 29, 2012 at 7:08 AM

Nice shot Alex, really like the soft light, and I like the peaceful mood it carries.
John

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on August 29, 2012 at 10:33 AM

Beautiful image. Great colors and really sweet light. I agree that the 50/50 comp is a little static and taking some out of the sky would add to an already great image.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on August 29, 2012 at 11:57 AM

Wonderful color throughout the scene. I agree with the crop a little off the sky to help with the 50/50 comp, but still very nice regardless.

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on August 29, 2012 at 2:29 PM

Nice mixture of colors, and the processing looks great. I had the same thoughts as some of the others regarding the nearly 50/50 comp. I would have liked to see a bit more room underneath the flowers. As suggested, I think a little crop off the top is all it needs.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on August 29, 2012 at 2:55 PM

Very nice. Perfect light on peak flowers.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on August 29, 2012 at 4:04 PM

Perfect light. Well composed and processed.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on August 29, 2012 at 8:10 PM

Beautiful!

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on August 30, 2012 at 12:19 AM

Very nice Alex, those lupines really pop!

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Comment posted by Joana Roncero on August 30, 2012 at 5:25 AM

Hi Alex,
Nice place and picture!!
As said before, I would emphasized the meadow with the flowers covering a wider area in the photo, just tilting the camera down. In any case, it is a good shot!
Joana

Registered on August 27, 2012, 17 Posts, 70 Comments

Comment posted by Abdullaziz Bin Ali on August 30, 2012 at 5:40 AM

it obviously looks much better on dark background
excellent work

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Comment posted by David Edwards on August 30, 2012 at 6:21 AM

Some great light and color Alex. I agree with Zack re more flowers below would have been a nice balance, but the beauty of the scene is certainly not diminished by your comp. The texture in the center right clouds maybe seem a little flat... probably from trying to keep the red channel in check? Sweet shot.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on August 30, 2012 at 10:19 AM

This is gorgeous. The pinkish glow throughout is lovely.

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Comment posted by Abdulla Bin Touq on August 30, 2012 at 2:03 PM

Loved it Alex, I loved the pink tone throughout.

Welcome back.

Abdulla

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Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on August 30, 2012 at 2:04 PM

Lovely mountain and flower view, Alex. I agree with Stuart on the crop.

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Comment posted by Yiming Hu on August 30, 2012 at 9:31 PM

Beautiful flower field. Another vote for cropping some of the sky.

Registered on April 28, 2011, 38 Posts, 733 Comments

Comment posted by Stan Rose on September 1, 2012 at 1:23 AM

Real nice, Alex!! Classic Tahoma. Personally--id crop a bit of the sky. Hard to crop the nice pink--i know, but thirds would be extremely powerful here, and trump everything else. The fg is the main player here--the sky just plays a supporting role.

Oh--i just read the comments, i must be mistaken, cause no one ever agrees with me

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on September 1, 2012 at 10:27 AM

Very nice image Alex. I agree with the others about the comp. A little less sky would make this one perfect.

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Comment posted by Matt Anderson on September 2, 2012 at 10:50 AM

Crop a little sky, hit print.

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Comment posted by Alex Noriega on September 12, 2012 at 7:28 PM

Really nice, man. Does indeed look a bit better on your website with the dark background. It looks like from the thumbnail this was originally 2:3, but I'm loving the 4:5 crop you switched to. Wonderful foreground cluster, which is nicely separated from the rest of the carpet due to your perspective. Wish we'd been shooting lupine together this night, instead of the Tatoosh that evening!

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