Colorado Sunset

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 17, 2013145 views12 comments

This gentle scene of a high country lake and mountains was captured on the descent from Mount Evans in Colorado. Looking back, I wish that the border between land and water didn't bisect the frame so near its center. I experimented with removing much of the foreground to lower that border, but that action removes the cloud's reflection. Also, the trees and brush were originally silhouettes, but have been lightened to show some detail.

Please comment and critique.

Equipment: Pentax K-5, DA 18-55mm WR at 47.5mm, handheld

Exposure: 1/100s, f/5.6, iso 100

Crop: Full frame

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Ronald Murphy on November 17, 2013 at 11:44 AM

Yes, a peaceful scene. I like the distorted cloud reflection mirroring the real and the layers of mountains in the background.

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Comment posted by Bruce King on November 17, 2013 at 12:16 PM

Love the peachy pastels and the fog layers at the horizon. Nice job.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on November 17, 2013 at 1:38 PM

I like the pastel colors as well as the cloud reflection, and the overall peaceful mood. Very nice, Randy.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on November 17, 2013 at 2:45 PM

I sure do like the gentle colors and the simple comp. Having the cloud nearly centered adds to the peaceful feeling.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on November 17, 2013 at 4:02 PM

I like the serenity, especially in the reflected glow on the water. Nice shot

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Comment posted by Randy Runtsch on November 17, 2013 at 7:09 PM

Thank you for the kind comments, everyone. I guess that the image will remain as is.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on November 18, 2013 at 10:10 AM

The water/tree line location does not bother me in the slightest. I think it works well. I really love the rippley cloud reflection. This is a real nice, peaceful scene.

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on November 18, 2013 at 10:49 AM

Beautiful pastels in this Randy and a very calm feeling scene. The comp works nicely as is and nice processing also. Nice job on this.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on November 18, 2013 at 2:19 PM

This is very impressive Randy. There's a certain "purity" in this that really attracts attention.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on November 18, 2013 at 2:58 PM

Nice simple scene. Nice color.

I do think it would likely benefit from more aggressive sharpening for web.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on November 18, 2013 at 9:10 PM

beautiful, Randy!

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Comment posted by Randy Runtsch on November 18, 2013 at 9:41 PM

Thank you for the additional comments, everyone. I took Mark M.'s suggestion to sharpen it for web, but the 300KB version shows a heavy moire effect, so I opted not to upload it. I tried that at full resolution, which produced a 5.7MB file that looks better than the original, in my opinion.

Registered on October 30, 2013, 50 Posts, 445 Comments