First Snow on the Peaks2

Gorgeous addition to the shots you've captured from this area, Wayne. Colors, view, and dramatic cloud cover with rays are outstanding. I would agree with your cyan / blue review, you might take a look see at that again before making any prints.

wonderful framing and what a view !

Hi Wayne,
I think this is a beautiful scene... from the trees in the foreground, the fall colors in the valley, sun rays and to the lightly dusted snowy mountains in the background.
Thanks

Wow! Now that I see the tighter comp I really like it. I liked the other one very much, but now this one looks awesome!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Both are great...I am so partial to the details of large pano prints...but at 21 mp...this will be a dandy too. Tough decision! Wich we were all struggling with...

Nice!!!!! The dusting of snow in the foreground really works well and complements the autumn color in the valley below.

They just get better and better! Just print them both and hang them proudly.

Wayne, this has to be my favorite, gorgeous Adirondack scene, and I definitely love the rays you captured, have to be honest, really like this as posted, but the end result is your choice. Beautiful work as always.
John & Patty

Wayne, This is a nice shot and would make a nice print. The rays really help it put it over the top of the other one. Great job getting that one, great shot in changing light. At the top of the image, there is a grey spot in the sky that looks like you burned the sun down. I would suggest either crop it (Although I think this would detract from the image) or bring the brightness back up until it just turns pure white, and let it glow. IMO it would look more natural that way.

The rays over the mountain are a nice addition to a beautiful scene. I can see why it's a tough choice. Print them both, send them to me and I'll let you know which one really works(: Must have been a wonderful and invigorating day.

Thanks everyone.
PAUL: I made a test print, and there is no cyan problem at all. For some reason, this only happens on my Web conversions for NPN (oversaturation with cyan, and sometimes oranges). I have had the problem before. Annoying, but does not show up in PhotoShop or prints.
NANCY: yes, it was nice to spend over six hours on the ridge, sometimes just watching, but at times doing fast work with the tripod for pano sequences as sun spots raced over the landscape. I switched tripod positions four times, and ended up with shots from three different overlooks.
BRAD: Thanks for pointing out the weird spot on top! I processed this at night, right after returning from the shoot (since the other shots were multi-frame panos that needed stitching), and forgot about it. Most of my post-processing was on the bottom 2/3 of the image. I did not do any burning on top, but just blended in a single layer from the auto-bracketed file for the sky, (I shoot a burst of 3 auto-bracketed shots most of the time when there is sky in the view). I just checked, and that spot is in the original RAW file. I don't know what it is --maybe flare? -- but it looks pretty funky, so I'll definitely fix it before printing.

Another outstanding landscape view with so many fine elements. Great color, atmospherics, mood, story, and comp. Definitely needs a revisit for the cyan.

Beautiful capture and presentation Wayne. What a wonderful place to spend a day, Great work.

Large version !!!!! nice !!!!!

Personally, Wayne, I prefer the pano, but this one is really superb as well.

WOW! Just running through images today and this one really stands out. What a great foreground element in the snow-covered tree.