Bear Lake

[Malok]

Any suggestions for how to improve this shot?

http://morninglight.us/cnp/forum/15sept1.jpg

[Sailor Don]

Malok,

Nice mountain landscape photo. I wish more of my photos would turn out that good. :)

I can't think of much that would improve it unless the surface of the lake was mirror smooth and gave a reflected image of the mountain. That would be awesome :!:

[Scottes]

Crop at the bottom of the grass? Maybe next time get the camera a little closer to the ground?

You're splitting hairs here - this is pretty darn good as it is.

[HJMinard]

I can't think of much that would improve it unless the surface of the lake was mirror smooth and gave a reflected image of the mountain. That would be awesome :!:

That would be nice ... agreed ... but the shot (and water) is beautiful as is.

Crop at the bottom of the grass?

This I agree with more strenuously.

It's a beautiful shot, Malok ... everything I've seen of yours has been fantastic. You live amongst (or at least near) some unbelievable scenery ...

[Malok]

Thanks for the comments on cropping at the bottom of the grass. I hadn't seen that, but I received similar suggestions on another photography site. Thanks!

Malok

[psk4363]

It's a superb image. Improvements?

a) Be a God and smooth out the water surface, maybe add a couple of fluffy white clouds;
b) Crop the rocks at the very bottom;
c) Get wet(?) and choose a lower viewpoint to use the grasses even more as lead-in lines.

All IMHO,
Barry

[Rob Beltman]

Well...one thing you could do, or should I say UNDO is the sky coloration. You accidently removed the top of the mountain too, because it was obviously the same RGB tone as the sky. Pretty disturbing to me.

Otherwise I agree with tighter cropping of the image (just below the grass) and lowering your stance (taking the shot at water level to show the grass at the bottom, but also a bit (not too much!) more of the sky.

Good one though, that would be great as a postcard!

[Penguin_101_1]

Great shot! I love bear lake! Here is from when I was there: http://michaelg.fotopic.net/p5500652.html :)

[Sailor Don]

Penguin_101 (a.k.a. Michael)

You really should clean those white spots off your lens before taking the picture. :D :D :D
Do you have to put anitfreeze in your camera to keep it from freezing up at those temperatures :?: :D

Just kidding of course, but you really have to want to get a picture to go out in that kind of weather.

[Malok]

Rob, thanks for your comments. The only digital adjustments that I made was to darken the big rock on the left and to create a contrast mask to bring out the details in the trees. There was no alteration of the mountains or the sky at all. I'm guessing that the missing part of the mountin is simply Longs Peak which has a very flat surface at its top and doesn't have a sharp point as many mountains do. It is actually so large and flat at the top that you can play football up there.

Just to confirm to you that this is the case, you may want to view some of my other images of Longs Peak from the west side such as this one: http://morninglight.us/cnp/forum/guide.jpg

[HJMinard]

Penguin_101 (a.k.a. Michael)

You really should clean those white spots off your lens before taking the picture. :D :D :D
Do you have to put anitfreeze in your camera to keep it from freezing up at those temperatures :?: :D

Just kidding of course, but you really have to want to get a picture to go out in that kind of weather.

Some of us would have to go 3 or 4 months without taking any outdoor photos if we didn't go out in that weather ... :lol:

[Malok]

I actually captured one of Bear Lake in similar weather. It is true, you can't stop shooting simply because it gets a little colder. Some of the most amazing views can be found in the winter.

This image is going on display at the Estes Park Art Center tonight.

http://morninglight.us/cnp/forum/winterred.jpg

[CDickinson]

I think I would crop out the water/rocks at the bottom. They too weighty for the pic...meaning its hard to move up into the photo once you see them.

C

[jim jam]

I have to say you really do nice work.Keep it up. :D