The Great Divide

Nice pano, Craig. That sky is really something. You might consider cropping out the very bright area on left--it's an eye grabber. I like the color contrast between the snow covered peaks and the sky--cool against warm.

--P

I like this mountain panorama, great drama in the sky over the peaks. One thing is bothering me is that the sky is darker than the mountains. I know that you want to balance out the exposure, but I think you went too far. It looks a bit unnatural to me.

Nice image, Craig. I agree with Preston about the very white area on the left. The sky is fine for me and I don't mind that it's darker than the mountains. I wondering though why you have chosen to make the picture at iso 400 and diafragm f/29

Good question Chris... At the time I shot this (and its companion photo, Event Horizon), 30 mph 20 degreeF gusts of wind were limiting me and the equipment. But I just had to try! My thinking was that the sky, at this changing moment to moment, was very bright - but I wanted some cloud movement - so I used a smaller aperture to slow the light some and 400iso to reduce noise. Now this is this best out of a combination of other settings that didn't go so well... or that the wind actually blew the tripod over (I was ready for this with a quick catch). Oh, and my brain was frozen. Surprised I didn't leave lens cap on