Sawtooth Range

Hii Becky, This s a great first post and your patience paid off in a stunning image. I realy like the gold in the clouds and the gold in the grass between the fence and the forest . Well done.
J. Lee

That's some dramatic light, and the overall mood of this really evokes the western feel. Can't honestly say that there's much that I feel could use improvement. If anything, maybe a wee bit of sharpening. Welcome to NPN.

Hi Becky,

If you were looking for ways to improve you chose the wrong image... this is really good

The light and colors are really nice. I think the fence is an important element because otherwise everything would look very compressed, and probably a little boring. Here you added a nice sense of depth.

Very nice photograph, Becky. It's the kind that "Makes you want to be there"
Congratulations!....and welcome to NPN!

Sweet light, Becky. Your patience paid off very nicely in this scene. My only suggestion; and this is just a personal preference; would be to have the fence continue out of the scene. BTW, welcome to NPN.

Ed

Hi Becky, welcome.

I really like the golden hues in this image; it conveys 'western' well. I find the image overall a bit dark in the middle though.

Becky, Beautiful Golden Glow, I think you've made great processing decisions on the color/WB with this image.I love the dark moody feel. I think you could get just a smidge more sharpness out of the web presentation here, check out this link:
http://pacificnw.naturephotographers.net/tips/photoshop.htm
Welcome to NPN

Lovely warmth and natural color to this moody shot, Becky. The old fence is very interesting and is positioned well within the comp. I love the golden glow on the misty mountain... good on you for waiting that bit longer to get the shot!

Wonderful light on the mountain. I really enjoy the image especially the golden colors.

You've certainly set a high bar for your first post! How nice to have that golden glow on the peak and the foreground.

I like the choice of processing here ! It is very different but I like it ! The sun coming through on the peaks is something pretty magical !

Gorgeous light and atmosphere Becky, looking forward to seeing more!

Beautiful! That light is to die for! Well done, and welcome to NPN.

Very nice Becky,
The fence dosnt help this image IMO. The foreground behind it is much more interesting, and wouldnt distract from the drama on the mountain.

Oh, very difficult to improve on this! What a fine first post it is! Many congrats on garnering an EP for it, too. How do you top this after only a week at NPN?!

This is a stellar shot, Becky! Congrats on the EP. Looking forward to seeing more of your images!

Great setup @ composition,I think you learned one of the most important rules there are in photography-PATIENCE-
Welcome @ well done on the EP

Thank you ALL for the feedback and comments. I posted this and immediately left town (where I did not have internet access), so I was very surprised by the activity. I was also very pleased with the "Weekly Pick." I think I'll stop posting, while I am ahead. No, not really...

I have read the comments and thank you all for the advice. The sharpening issue was troubling me and I was very glad for the link on how to sharpen for the web, Matt. I had heard of double and triple sharpening, but had never known how to do it. This article was very, very helpful!!

I was also glad for the commentary on the need/importance of the fence in the foreground. I struggled with that when setting up for the shot and, in fact, tried the shot both ways. I chose this one because I felt it was a little more balanced with the fence in there, but mostly because the light was slghtly better when I took this one.

Becky: What an introductory shot this is! Wonderful scene superbly captured. Many >=))>

I agree that this couldn't be any better! Great first post and welcome to NPN! Nicely done!

I think it's all been said. Your patience surely paid off. This light is sweet beyond words. Keep up the good work.

Welcome... lovely first image. The light is awesome. I like you compostion..real nice balance to this image. try sharpening it a little more ( try image output resolution x 1.666 is the image size it needs to be sharpened twice. Or try double the final image resoluton, sharpen twice..eg. for a 600x400px image...600x1.666= just under 1000px or 1200px for the same image)