Castle Mountain Sunset

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 19, 2011341 views19 comments

This is an image from back in March 2009.
One of those icons of the park I could never resist shooting no matter how many times it's been done.
I had processed it once before and I think I even posted it here but I never was happy with it. Oringinally it was a panaormic format, 10 image stitch.
This time around I ended up on this crop, which I think is much better. It uses 4 images.
I actually quite like the result, I feel like it's something a bit different then the usual take on Castle. Ok, maybe not THAT different. I found this location after hiking south along the river from the Junction, where most of the photos are made.
Curious what you all think of the comp and processing. I went nearly 6 months without even opening photoshop and I seem to have forgotten what the heck I'm doing. Feels like it anyway.

As always, I much appreciate any feedback.

Comments

19 comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on February 19, 2011 at 7:10 PM

Gorgeous. Love the foreground and light. Personally, however, I prefer a tighter crop with about 2/3 of the sky eliminated.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on February 19, 2011 at 7:16 PM

A wonderful vantage point Mitchell. Love the clarity of the water and rocks below. The alpen glow on Castle Mountain is beautiful. When I visited Banff in 2009, we stayed at the base of Castle Mountain in some comfortable cabins. Wish I found this vantage point since it is extraordinary.

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Comment posted by Craig Myers on February 19, 2011 at 7:46 PM

Terrific image. Beautiful light and wonderful forgrounding.

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Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on February 19, 2011 at 8:03 PM

I've seen a number of photos of this icon, but never quite like this. Very nice.

- Dan.

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Comment posted by Arnab Banerjee on February 19, 2011 at 8:06 PM

Love the format. I could lose some of the sky - but terrific presentation with that sweet light

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on February 19, 2011 at 9:09 PM

Looks great! The light and comp are very appealing. There is a certain harmony of color between the foreground rocks and the mountain that add a great deal of coherence to the image.

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Comment posted by Justin Reznick on February 20, 2011 at 12:11 AM

The light on Castle Mountain is stunning!!! I would definitely crop off most of the sky. Maybe even crop out the trees on the left, really focus on the balance between Castle mountain and the rocks in the foreground.

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Comment posted by Abdullaziz Bin Ali on February 20, 2011 at 4:53 AM

the colors in the foreground is almost the same with the colors in the mountain and this is what I personally like here
well done

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Comment posted by Gino Cortez on February 20, 2011 at 6:31 AM

The range of red, orange and yellow are very captivating. The neat/far perspective, white band of snow in the mid-ground, sunlit Castle, and trees standing against the yellow sky really do it for me. I might crop the top to eliminate the dark blue RHC, as it doesn't seem to compliment the color scheme. Very nice!

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Comment posted by Balakumar Kaushik on February 20, 2011 at 8:42 AM

Some lovely light out there !
The pebbles in the FG look beautiful. Very serene atmosphere.

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Comment posted by David Chauvin on February 20, 2011 at 10:15 AM

Sweet! Love the color and composition.

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Comment posted by Greg Lessard on February 20, 2011 at 11:12 AM

Hi Mitch,
This is a great shot! You might consider a more square cropping. Try eliminating roughly the top 1/5 of the image. It won't be a perfect square, but it foucuses the eye more on the mountain,the foreground rocks, and on the reflections which are truly outstanding! The image also looks slightly tilted. You might try to straighten it. These are minor things that will give your imag a major pop! Great job!!

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Comment posted by dean hebert on February 20, 2011 at 5:40 PM

I love those FG rocks and the spectacular light on them. I agree with cropping some of the sky, at least of the brighter wisp in the upper centre.

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Comment posted by Paul Gasior on February 20, 2011 at 6:03 PM

Nice
l like the colors and light vertical shot works for it

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Comment posted by Jay Patel on February 21, 2011 at 8:18 AM

Very nice image. I like the natural colors and the fantastic foreground of this image. Good work.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on February 21, 2011 at 11:07 AM

This looks great. I like your composition with the pebbles in the foreground. The light looks very appealing.

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Comment posted by Aaron Burdick on February 21, 2011 at 3:23 PM

Beautiful shot! Love the colors and details of the FG rocks. The reflection is great and the colors on the mountain are stunning of course. I'm seeing a slight glow from the upper left side that you could easily bring down a tad for a more natural look.

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Comment posted by Tom Nevesely on February 22, 2011 at 11:00 PM

Nice shot Mitchell. I really like the photo as is. It feels balanced to me.
Welcome back to NPN! I missed seeing your work here.

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Comment posted by Roman Kurywczak on February 23, 2011 at 3:48 PM

Sweeeeeeeeet!!! Photographed many times or not......this is outstanding. Stood there myself a few times but you really have done this justice!!!

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