Tioga Dreams

Love the light

Beautiful warm light here, Robb. This looks like a beautiful location. The placement of the trees in the center of the frame is not ideal because it covers up the rich warm light in the clouds and on the mountains which is the strongest part of the image. Perhaps if you could have moved a little further to the left upstream so that those trees would have been more on the right hand side of the frame this would have been a stronger composition. Otherwise, there is a lot of nice detail and clarity throughout and it it looks like a great place to linger and take in the wonderful views. The processing looks very good here.

Robb - i would agree that the placement of the central trees is not idea. The warm scast from the clouds must have been magical. When the sky can light up the ground like this it is a speacial moment. Maybe you have a slightly different comp. available?

The warm light definitely bathes the entire scene here Robb.
My mind instantly wanted some cooler fg but the natural state of the scene makes it hard to pass up.
Cloud streaks look nice and I could see a touch more local contrast up there to strengthen that structure.
Well done

Very nice, very warm and full of nice elements with enough detail to hold my attention.

Thanks, appreciate the comments. I typically wouldn't place an element so central in an image, but I find composition a matter of trade-offs. After spending a lot of time on that stretch of creek, haven't found anything nearly as appealing in terms of foreground nearby; the boulders on the right were an integral part of what attracted me to the scene. If I had moved position to offset the trees I would have compromised much more than I was willing. The central trees also fall between two prominent peaks that were coming in and out of the clouds. Unfortunately they were obscured when the nicest light came out.

I agree the sky could be improved considerably. Post processing is definitely not where my skills lie and depend on my friends at West Coast Imaging to make fine prints. I look forward to improving that aspect, but it will take a while to get to the level to produce the quality prints we need.

Processing looks good to me, some awesome conditions too! I agree about the tree placement, i would have preferred an unobstructed view there.

Seems like too much brown/yellow to me, Robb. Hard to know what might of been done differently with the comp, but I do like the way it's presented here.