Pioneer Peak, Alaska

Overall, it looks good Dave. The light on the peak is beautiful. One nit however, the reflection on the water is much lighter than the sky, which is just backwards from what it should be, of course.

Dave, I really like your composition of the mountain and reflection, but I find that the snow in the foreground, while an excellent compositional shape, is just to bright and takes away from all the other lovely elements in your photograph. Maybe crop up a bit, so there is at least some dark heading out the lower right corner, and add some shadow to the snow so it isn't so light in comparison to the rest. I think you want our eyes to go to the mountain and reflections, not to be distracted by the snow in the foreground. I even might risk taking it down 1/3 of a stop.

What a wonderful sunset! Alaska is so magnificent! Thanks for sharing this lovely scene with us!

Dave,
This is a great shot. I love the colors & reflection. I am not bothered by the lighter reflection or the white snow. For my tastes & IMHO the snow leads me into the main subject. Just my perspective. By the way I love the location.

Beautiful landscape scene. Wonderful image here.

I agree that the foreground snow is just a little bit too bright. I wouldn't crop it but I would take the brightness down a notch. Other than that minor detail, I love the shot. Beautifully composed.

This is a nice scene. The light was fantastic. The light on the distant mountain is gorgeous. Love the reflection as well though it is much lighter than the sky. I don't feel distracted by the foreground snow - I think it's nice compositional element to lead into this image. Good job.

Very peaceful!

Gorgeous scene! Cold but inviting. I like the comp. Didnt notice the problem with the reflection that Bill mentions unti i saw his comment, but i do see a slight CW tilt to the horizon, and im pretty sure it aint a perspective issue! Correct those 2 things and this will be awesome.

Love the reflection. Great job.

This is beautiful...I love the subtle light.

David. beautiful light here. I'm not bothered by the light reflection either, but the vast expanse of white in the fg does distract my eye. It is a strong compositional element but just a bit too strong however I could get a crop that I liked better

Gorgeous colors, I like how the diagonal fg leads the eye up the view. I kinda wish that there was some more detail in the fg to look at though.

I've toned down the foreground snow. I agree the original's foreground snow was too bright. I'm not sure about this second attempt - it looks "unclean". Your thoughts? Thanks for everyone's great insight and taking the time to share with me.

I think this is a beautiful image, but I agree with Bill, the reflection being so much lighter than the sky is throwing me off. I hope you don't mind, I downloaded your image and did a super quick levels adjustment layer to even the exposure out. If it were mine this is the direction I would take.

Thanks Zack -
That was my next move, thanks for taking the time to show me it is definitely the right move. Much appreciated.

That is just gorgeous! The adjstments Zack made are just right too.

Chris

Superb Dave. The color of the wintery dusk with Pioneer Peak and that lovely reflection really make this gorgeous. The composition is really nice as well. Your second post and Zack's suggestion on the reflection are spot on in my opinion. Looks like the Matanuska River in the foreground I would imagine. Beautiful image.

This is really beautiful
the comp is simple but awesome

Love it

Dave,

A beautiful scene with great color and soft, delicate lighting. I don't want to repeat some of the suggestions, but just say that I think Zack's edit looks just about right. Personally, I don't think the snow bank at the bottom was too bright - and what hasn't been mentioned is that I can see a very, very slight hint of reflected pink in that snow which I think really adds to the overall scene.

Now I know you said you don't participate much in the forum... all I can say is I encourage you to do so! And welcome to NPN and the ES&S Gallery! I'm a little late in the welcome, but better late than never.. :-) We look forward to your participation and contributions.

Lon

I really like you r comp and this is a beautiful scene. I like the consistency of the lighting in Zack's edit but I think with the fg snow and the reflection toned down the image could use a little more punch to bring some of that twilight glow back into the image.