Thaya Valley at Dusk

Gallery: LandscapePosted September 13, 2012221 views9 comments

This is an image from early summer last year. As this was a bright and sunny day, I had to wait until evening for these lighting conditions.

National Park Thaya Valley in the northern part of Lower Austria, at the border to the Czech Republic.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on September 13, 2012 at 3:11 PM

Peter, it would be good to have some specs to go with this. As is, I think compression has wounded this image. It has the crunchy feel.

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Comment posted by Jeffrey Sipress on September 13, 2012 at 5:49 PM

I love the density of the forest and the break of that by the water. I don't know how you got to that vantage point!

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on September 13, 2012 at 8:51 PM

Wonderful vantage point Peter. I do think compression is killing this a bit. I am sure this was an amazing view from this vantage point.

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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on September 14, 2012 at 1:23 PM

I like this almost abstract rendition of the Thayatal. Details are wonderful throughout the image. I guess I have to go there one day.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on September 15, 2012 at 6:18 AM

This looks almost abstract but I do love your comp. Great details throughout and nice colors.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on September 15, 2012 at 10:23 AM

I really like the abstract quality to this, Peter. My only thought might be to experiment a bit with mid-tone contrast, though this softer version is quite nice.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on September 15, 2012 at 5:24 PM

A wonderful view Peter! I like how framed this shot and enjoy the color. The rock out cropping and foreground tree branches add a lot to this scene.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on September 16, 2012 at 2:50 AM

Peter,

Excellent! I'm really liking this. This has such an intimate and almost abstract look, yet it encompasses a pretty broad landscape. Well seen and captured.

Disagree slightly with Phil though, I think the detail is excellent (for a web image) If anything, I think the lower trees may even be slightly over sharpened, but I don't see a whole lot of compression, at least nothing I would have commented on. Maybe it's just me and my fuzzy eyes are compensating... ;-)

Nice work.

Lon

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Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on September 16, 2012 at 2:04 PM

Nice perspective and composition. I wonder if this might benefit from a bit of vignetting of the upper L to pull my eye back to the mid and bottom where most of the visual action is.

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