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Misty Moon Lake

by Jim Hansen

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 2, 2012152 views4 comments
I am pretty new here and haven't posted much so far, mainly due to time constraints preventing me from getting out to shoot. I have gone through a number of periods of photographic productivity, followed by long periods of life's events getting in the way. Here is a photo I took some years ago during one of those enthusiastic periods. The location is at about 10,000 feet elevation in Wyoming's Big Horn Mountains. If memory serves me, I was using a Minolta X-700 with a standard 50mm f1.4 on Kodachrome 64. I have no memory of the settings. Some people have a hard time figuring out what is happening in this picture, but basically it is a foreground rock in the lake with the rest being reflection from the sky and background mountains. Constructive feedback would be appreciated.

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 2, 2012 at 8:15 PM
I like the abstractness of the comp. Could maybe see warming this a bit and burning the top edge.
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on January 2, 2012 at 9:42 PM
Pretty cool looking image, Jim. At first look it made me think aerial photograph with the rock being the left wing, kind of looks like a wing above the clouds with a view of the ground below. (I was a pilot and did quite a bit of aerial photography) :wink:. You captured some great reflections here and I enjoy looking at this. I shot a lot of K64 quite a few years ago too.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI
Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on January 2, 2012 at 11:11 PM
the perfection of the the reflection makes this image hard to resist. beautiful capture.
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on January 4, 2012 at 1:12 AM
Jim,

I think this is a pretty bold and dynamic composition. Excellent reflection-scape. It wasn't so hard to figure out, but definitely approaches being a mind-bender, which can keep the viewer engaged. and I think this works quite well in that regard.

Not sure really what to suggest. I think the contrast is a little high (very bright highlights, up top, and some blocked blues) but I think that's part of the boldness here. The only suggestion I have is an alternate view by cropping the entire landscape up top and just go with the rock and reflection. Not to improve, but just an alternate view.

Lon
Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments