Morning Light

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 12, 2012469 views16 comments

A little while after sunrise and not looking right into the sun. I really liked the way the angled rays streched across the sky this morning. Thanks for taking a look and all C&C is welcomed and appreciated.

Nikon D700
Nikon 24-85MM
3 stops soft GND
Cable release & tripod

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on June 12, 2012 at 6:52 AM

Very nice scene! I especially like the depth created by all the layers of mountains, and the rays in the sky! I might be tempted to crop a sliver off the top though, just below the cloud in the middle.

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Comment posted by Shantikara Valuska on June 12, 2012 at 7:35 AM

Beautiful image! For the processing, I think the sky a bit dark for the mountains, it doesn't look natural. Great work.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on June 12, 2012 at 8:12 AM

I like this image, but do find the sky abit confusing with the different layers. IMHO you captured these multi layers very well. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Patrick Nixon on June 12, 2012 at 8:29 AM

Beautiful Color! There may be more images here. Have you tried zooming in/cropping, perhaps center clouds or upper right quadrant? A simpler image without the foreground bushes might be even better.

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Comment posted by Bill Caldwell on June 12, 2012 at 9:30 AM

Beautiful scene Keith, love the rays of light!

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on June 12, 2012 at 9:52 AM

Keith - Great vista and that kind of lighting is pure magic. I would agree with Jorne about the crop. The sky colors do look a bit funky, possibly from the filter. I might suggest adjusting the yellows in particular to see if that might improve the sky.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on June 12, 2012 at 10:58 AM

Fine image but sky does not look natural due to excessive burn.

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Comment posted by Todd Liotine on June 12, 2012 at 12:02 PM

Keith, nice image, for me I would lower the contrast in the sky and mountains, and back off the saturation. I just see this as a soft peaceful image and that might work better?

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Comment posted by Bill Maile on June 12, 2012 at 12:16 PM

Wow Keith, that's one of THE most glorious views I've ever seen captured!!

See sky comments, and other than that, yowsa!!

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on June 12, 2012 at 1:59 PM

Keith,

A grand view and wonderful capture. I might agree with some comments regarding the sky. My little nit is more to do with the yellow/green color in the far valley fog - just a little too much saturation in that area for my taste; and the upper blue is a little strong, but not too bad. The misty, layered landscape is captured quite well in this image.

Lon

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on June 12, 2012 at 2:11 PM

Very beautiful image and scene. I love the light on the foreground trees. The sky looks a bit dark, though, and also the colors in the sky look a bit unnatural.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on June 12, 2012 at 7:46 PM

What a beautiful view!, and I just love those layers. Maybe just a little to much saturation in the sky but it sure is a pretty view.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Cristina Strudthof on June 12, 2012 at 10:48 PM

Wonderful depth and color to this photo.

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Comment posted by Jean Day on June 13, 2012 at 12:29 AM

Fabulous elements to this and what a sight to see. I will echo critiques from others on desaturating a bit, to soften the colors for a very misty scene. Lovely comp.

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Comment posted by Keith Tate on June 13, 2012 at 7:02 AM

Thanks everyone for all the great C&C,,, very much appreciated. I will see if I can put all this to work and come up with an improved version. Thanks again

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on June 13, 2012 at 9:24 PM

Lovely comp and setting. Somewhat not-quite-real-enough light though. Contrasts between the different elements seems exaggerated.

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