Superior Rocks

Nice combination of blue and pink(ish), works very well together to create a nice mood. I really like your format, but it also makes me very curious about what was going on above this part.

This is quite nice, Nick. The soft sunrise light and the misty water provide a wonderful mood. The darker upper and lower right corners add to the balance of the composition. Well done!

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I like the colors of the rocks and the mist, but like Roel, I want to see more above the rocks.  Thanks for sharing.

This was a wonderful departure from the fall colors and I think you used your time well. I like the light play along the rocks with the longer exposure on the water.
Jim

Nice and mysterious as presented in a cropped pano, but the color combinations are so compelling I am also hoping for more from top of the image.

Wow, this looks great, quite mysterious. I like it as is, but I have one observation: I think the pink highlights in the center of the image act as "stepping stones" for my eye out of the image, which feels a bit open at the top. Maybe some burning of the highlights directly at the top border can "frame" the image a bit more.

Nick,

It's interesting to me that probably every photographer view this understands the method and affects of images on the shoreline like this.  At least for me though, that knowledge doesn't alter my interest and love of these images.  The mystery, sure, but the light, the colors, all of it, combine for very engaging and pleasing imagery.  The hints of pink light throughout do give rise to wanting to know what's outside and above the frame, but I don't think was necessary to include it.

With regards to the dark shape in the upper right, my very first impression was that it was the hull of a ghost ship... how many ships have run aground in Superior?  I think that shape really adds to mystery and what a viewer can imagine.  Love it.

Lon

The misty water and the sunrise light make this scene special. Well seen and photographed. I really like it.

Beautiful light and combo of warm and cool tones. Great glow and misty sense of mystery. 

I got excited seeine the thumbnail on my iphone and rushed to see it on the big screen. This is likely the best landscape image of yours that I've seen a month. It's funny because last night I couldn't sleep and went to look at Guy Tal's images on facebook. And this is a Guy Tal like image in the manner presented originally. I've never been a fan of seascapes where the water looks like fog. And I think that's because it's combined with real cliffs, trees, and sky. But by isolating it in this manner it really sings. It sings in the manner of tree shapes on a foggy bank. I think it would have been nice if the sunlight didn't reach the bottom of the frame but that's a relatively small thing. Great job. I would present this in a lighter frame, especially the large version.

This is a fine combination of pink and blue colors, Nick.  The misty water and the rocks continue the theme of strong contrasts very nicely.  Makes for a wonderfully dreamy image.  You did an excellent job pulling this view out of the larger image.

An eerie and mystical view of the lake area.

Wow!! What an absolutely gorgeous light you captured here! I can really offer no suggestions......

Amazing image, Nick.  That light on those rocks, the mist, and the water motion are all extraordinary.  I could see cropping a wee bit off the right hand side but that is a reach.  Love it.

I love images like this! It's a personal choice whether you like foggy water or crisp water. I like the effects of movement with water and longer exposures. I never have really like stopped action and crisp detail in water or waves. to each thier own I guess. The faint details below the water and the highlites top this off wonderfully.

Hi  Nick      Being there  early at sunrise..... only people like you deserve  these  incredible light conditions  and.to produce such beautiful work.,..   Agree with the others  about  the  composition  asking   whats  behond this  beautiful scene .  the  colors and mist are leavig me spellbound


Albert Darmo
Canada

Thanks to all of you for your comments on this. I very much appreciate getting your thoughts on it. Nick