Albion Columbine

Jared - Spectacular display - the color balance in the shade vs. the sun looks fine.The sky/mnt/tree transition looks a bit off probably do to the blending. A light haze or halo is apparent, pretty wide in this case. Makes the transition in the sky appear off. After you work that out, it should be a great shot.

Excellent comp, and the color is nice for the brighter light. In fact, the only thing that could improve this would be better light. I wonder if the issue at the mountain/sky transition is from compression?

Color and saturation looks good to me. Overall, the exposure looks good. Nice blend.

This is definitely a lovely scene and overall very nicely composed. If I'm being really picky I wish that the trees weren't covering the peak on the left but this might have been the best framing option for the wildflowers so I can certainly understand your choice here. Overall, the color and saturation look pretty good, but it might be worth trying to neutralize the slight blue color cast in the shadow area beneath the peaks (and maybe darken that area slightly - maybe just to add some shadow contrast using Tony Kuyper's luminosity masks - create a luminosity painting layer and darken with a darks mask).

Oh, yeah and definitely not tired of the wildflower images or of great new locations from Utah.

Color and saturation look great Jared and nice job on the blend. Really nice composition and the only thing to improve this would be better light. Very well done.

Beautiful place and great composition. I agree that the one thing that would improve this even more would be better light.

I think you did pretty well here with the available light Jared. The WB looks OK to me. The OOF flowers are a bummer, since I think they are the most important element in the image. Sometimes I will shoot the foreground flowers at f/16 to maximize DOF and minimize the amount of blending that is necessary during post processing. If there is a lot of wind this becomes problematic due to the slower shutter speeds or higher ISOs.

A classic wildflower scene, and you've nailed it!

Thanks all for the helpful feedback- I particularly like Scott's thought of shooting the foreground at a smaller aperture. There was a slight breeze to deal with but I'll keep that in mind next time out.

I think Morris is on to something here; the compression usually brings out our opportunities. Overall compression should help all of us get better at blending but for whatever reason many blame compression on our image not appearing the way we intended.

The comp here is excellent, which is always the tough part. I say that referring to the fact that in 10 years from now you will go back and te work this image with a mastery of blending skills. Your gonna go back because the comp is good. Bad comp, and the image will fade away.

Even without clouds I think this image will sing with Marc Adamus blending skills. Lol.

The foreground light seems too bright when you compare it to your much darker midground. Thus your transition there should be less. I would keep the mids where it's at but darken the foreground. However bring out the luniosity in the foreground. The sky blend is a tough one. The mountain exposure isn't too important (your interest is the flowers), so keeping that a bit darker than it is won't be noticeable to most. I would lighten the sky a notch and blend it with the mid foreground. Then sharpen well. The slightly darker foreground should transition well with the mids and distant(slightly lighter) sky. These kinds if blends feel better to the eyes. Histograms help.

Just my opinion. I Myself is still trying to get this kind of blending down. It's not easy.

It's good enough to me

Jared, What a beautiful scene this! I like your comp and just enjoy looking at this. I do agree with many of the other comments that might make this even better but I am enjoying it as is.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

The comp is decent. But, I will say that the foreground appears much too bright for a shadow area.