Foggy Crest

My first impression when I saw this was that this taken somewhere in the Himalayas. This works really well as a layered composition, the repetition giving it stability and form. The inclusion of the sky as a top layer instead of it's absence was a good choice. Ways to improve this image: 1) the light on the fg was pretty harsh. Perhaps postprocessing adjustments could be done to lessen that harshness. 2). A format that is more 'landscapish' could elongate the layers and strengthen the composition. 

I definitely have to spend some time in this spot.  Love the layers of light and texture.  I keep getting the feeling that I'd like to see this cropped, so the blue is gone and perhaps some of the shadowed area on the left.  Not that this doesn't work, but more as an alternative presentation.  Hope retirement is treating you well.

This is really nice! Wonderful conditions with the fog and I also like the snow on the mountains. I like the comp as it is and also think a pano stitch of 2-3 images would have looked very cool and that may not even been possible. Nice work Harley!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

Lone Pine Peak never looked more dramatic. I like this a lot, Harley. I do agree with Gary about cropping out that dark area on the right. While I do not think the light on the Alabama Hills is harsh, I do think the darks could be opened up some. The textures throughout are excellent, and the blue sky gives this a nice warm/cool color contrast.
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Excellent, Harley. The fog/clouds are great. My thoughts on this one are similar to Gary's. While the blue at top adds color and a nice layer, cropping the blue turns the clouds into fog, and makes this image moody and interesting. Just an alternate image/look, not a better one as this is also excellent as is. 

I have been going back and forth between cropping off the blue sky and your version, Harley. Both work equally well, but I think the blue sky is another beautiful layer in the scene and it compliments the warm tones of the FG hills rather nicely. Great work.

Ed

Harley,

Excellent landscape from the Alabama Hills and the Sierra Crest.  The bank of fog makes this one special and almost unique.  I personally like the added sky above, which really helps define that it's really a fog bank rather than clouds (not like they're all that different ya know...) 

Even without seeing a b&w conversion, I can see why this one would be problematic, or at least not have the results one might want. I think it's the foreground rock formations that just wouldn't separate well in monochrome; in this case it's the warm color of the rock that helps separate and define the rock.

For me, the only nit/suggestion I have would be some combo of cropping or cloning the patches of snow along the bottom. No an image killer at all, but kinda one of those situations where I either want more of the foreground grass and patches of snow, or none.

Lon

ps.  Is that Kevin Bacon in "Tremors" that I see pole vaulting between rock outcroppings? 

Great drama on those distant hills. While nice as is, I too would play a lot with crops, especially focusing on that peak to the left.(and maybe darkening the foreground a bit to lead the eye back?).

Nice layers, and I agree with Igor; it could have been the Himalayas.......
Nice layering of cool and warm.  Agree that working with different light might be really interesting, too.