This was taken during my photography workshop in Denali National Park, Alaska last August. We had just finished a lesson and were given 30 minutes to go shoot. I had spotted this pond from atop our hill, and loaded my gear and hiked down for some shots.
I used a ND4 and Circular Polarizer for this shot. I spent a fair amount of time positioning my tripod so I could achieve the best reflection in the pond. Short of some ripples in the water, this image turned out exactly as I had seen it in my minds eye.
Post processing consisted of converting to b/w, cropping, and dodging and burning to give it more depth.
Nikon D70
2004/08/03 17:15:34
Lens: 28-70mm F/2.8 D
Focal Length: 28mm
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
1/30 sec - F/22
Exposure Comp.: -0.3 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 400
AF Mode: Manual
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Nice, dynamic composition. The foreground elements add great depth and serve as great natural frames. Beautiful sky as well. I would love to see this one in color.
You forgot to burn the sky in the water. This gives the shot a rather unballanced feeling to it. Like the overall tonality, but getting a little tired of the burnt sky treatment.
TC
There's a problem here for me which is one of excessive burning, resulting in an artificial and overpowering sky. As you can see how the sky really looked in the reflection, I would have been inclined to exercise restraint since your scene was lovely anyway.
on one hand, this is a stirring image, on the other, the more i look at it, the more it loses its initial impact. i think the problem i'm having is that all the detail in the mid-ground is running together, creating a visual miasma. i think this would have been much better in color. good luck!
Wow this looks Ansel Adams like, except it's Danny Shaw (I saw your "Come see my photos in a gallery" thread, looked at the image, thought of this, then compared the two, and knew this was yours). Awsome tones, lovely dramitic scene.
Nice photo. The B&W toning is very good.
Unfortunately there is a lot of clutter in the centre. I mean, many high detailed objects like the rocks, bushes and trees. The unfortunate part is that the 640 wide limit of DPC doesn't do it justice. I expect it looks much better at 800 wide.
I like the soft mood of the mountain. The last 10 to 15% of the right side doesn'tt add much to the composition except to keep a balance between the reeds on the left and right. 7
It´s a great shot and one I would have been proud of myself. However, in my personal opinion it´s a bit too dramatic, the clouds kind of steal the attention here from this lovely landscape and it´s a bit too monotone but otherwise great, I gave it an 8.
I think this could be a cracking image and b/w works well, there just seems like you have packed in maximum detail. I would like to see more of the mountain and that moody sky.
Beautiful serene vista, but such harsh contrast. Interesting approach, but doesn't quite come together for me. Maybe because the frame so full of high contrast details?
Stunning X 10 - love the colour cast here - it's almost blueish. Terrific and one of my favourites so far. The reeds in the foreground take this from a solid 6+ landscape shot to one that should wind up above 7. Minor nitpicking time - the burning on the left above the mountain is a bit over the top.
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