Wall to wall

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 13, 2012370 views19 comments

The title was an expression that was used more before the advent of wood flooring. It used to be important to have wall to wall carpeting in the previous age.

The fog was laying in the valley below Pikes Peak two mornings ago, and seemed to tie the two high places together.

Comments and critiques always welcome, and thanks for looking,

Morris

Comments

19 comments

Comment posted by Andreas Resch on April 13, 2012 at 12:14 PM

Definitely a very nice shot, Morris. The light hitting the foreground tree and how it separates from the cooler fog behind it - lovely. I also like the warm light on the distant mountains. Overall I wish the shot were a bit "simpler" with some of the distracting elements gone (like the tree in the LLC, the straight shadow line on the fog and that isolated cloud. But witnessing such a moment always is a treat.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on April 13, 2012 at 12:18 PM

Gorgeous lighting! I might have cropped a bit off the bottom, though this square format might not be to your liking. The sun clipping the tops of the trees is perfect.

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Comment posted by Verdon on April 13, 2012 at 1:23 PM

great moment and light, love the lighten tree on the front with fog in BG

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on April 13, 2012 at 1:57 PM

That is very sweet light! I really like this one a lot. Maybe the dead pine in the llc is a bit of a distraction. I'm not even sure it's worth mentioning, but I already did! For some reason I keep expecting to see the tops of a red bridge poking up out of that fog

Chris

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Comment posted by Matt Anderson on April 13, 2012 at 2:26 PM

Ooo, that's one sexy picture IMO.

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Comment posted by Marc Adamus on April 13, 2012 at 3:04 PM

Interesting light display here, Morris. The atmosphere is really cool too. Usually light at your back isn't used very well across a whole scene but you've caught it in all the right places here. I'd be tempted to crop from the bottom as to avoid getting sucked down into the dark a little.

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Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on April 13, 2012 at 4:35 PM

Amazing processing Morris and the lights pretty good too.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on April 13, 2012 at 7:23 PM

Morris, It must have felt great being there in person for this, and I'm really enjoying this scene. Maybe a little crop of the bottom but I like this alot! Very nice shot.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on April 13, 2012 at 9:06 PM

Real sweet Morris. I would agree with the comments about a little crop at the bottom but it's minor. Veryl nice image.

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Comment posted by David Edwards on April 14, 2012 at 5:47 AM

Excellent shot Morris. Great light and a beautiful scene.

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on April 14, 2012 at 6:47 PM

This is outstanding Morris. I really like the perspective and the sunlight hitting the tree really sets this one off. Well done.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on April 14, 2012 at 8:27 PM

Nice. Really like the layering and all the textures, especially the clouds.

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Comment posted by Mark Pelton on April 14, 2012 at 11:53 PM

Very cool, Morris. Lighting seems to be perfect.

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on April 15, 2012 at 2:16 AM

Nice shot Morris! I would agree with the others about a small crop off the bottom, minor stuff though, this is fantastic..

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on April 15, 2012 at 11:13 AM

Very nice frame filling shot Morris. The fog does tie the image together nicely as you say. It must have been great standing there witnessing this.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on April 15, 2012 at 7:04 PM

Nice! The vertical format does work real well with this scene. Im not totally thrilled by all the brown in the corner, but overall it's a sweet shot.

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Comment posted by Nathan Apodaca on April 15, 2012 at 10:06 PM

I'm really liking this... The clouds obviously make the image, and the morning light also... IMO, the comp is great as is, but I could see doing some sort of square crop as well. TFS!

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Comment posted by Rick Goldwasser on April 16, 2012 at 2:00 PM

Very cool with the illuminated tree in fg and all that low fog. I'd darken the peaks and sky a bit...I know that's probably what they looked like but they seem just a bit washed out - still quite nice!

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on April 16, 2012 at 3:31 PM

Love the light and your outstanding composition, Morris. The layers of your composition are really remarkable in that morning light. The clouds in the valley almost seem to have enough substance to walk on. Fantastic.

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