Edge Of The Storm +Repost

Awesome work! It's got everything.

Great Scott, Love the FG and BG as well,

Definately your lucky day! There seems to be a bit of red or magenta in the flower area, probably from the crazy liht above. You might try to reduce this cast a little and see if you think they migh stand out better - it might "purify" the colors there. Just spectacular.

+1, awesome work!

This is spectacular, Scott. One of the best images I've seen of St. Helens. Perfect processing and a lovely composition.

Great light and atmosphere as well as getting a nice patch of colorful wildflowers. The large view is fantastic to look at!

Looks like you nailed this one Scott..it has everything you would want...color, comp, light. Nice catch!

I'm wandering through this like a child at Toys R Us...

Sweet light here Scott. The thunderstorm light really works well in this scene.

Beautiful. Couldn't be better

Thanks for the comments everyone.

And Harry, the color cast is actually already turned down a bit in the foreground - and pretty much everywhere else. The red / orange glow from everywhere was really intense. I will try and remove a bit more from the foreground and see how it turns out.

Thanks!

-Scott

Fairly outstanding. The contrast between the red and purple flowers is strong.

I'm on my phone right now and can just tell this is amazing. What a great night you had! First time there even, you lucky dog.

Yeah, I was totally lucky - very glad Dustin backed out of driving to the coast, otherwise I would have been with you at Seal!

Harry here is a repost with even a little more of the orange / red light removed from the foreground.

Thanks again,

Scott

Really pretty, Scott. I like the repost a little better - the color contrasts are a little more engaging.

I was sitting in the Goat Rocks with my girlfriend watching that storm from 8,000 ft.. until the lightning started, then we quickly retreated to the trees (glissading 600 feet by the light of lightning!). Did you stay for the lightning show?

Sweet shot! Yes, I saw that monster coming in, but in PDX was not sure exactly where to go. Glad you caught it. Cheers on the image.

I think they both look just a little mute in the background and could maybe use a hair more punch there.

This is awesome.

Beautiful shot.

Mark - yeah I got lucky, by the time there were reports of a forming t-storm I was already off of I5 heading east toward Mt St Helens. No way you would have had time to get there from PDX without being stupid and heading out when the forecast called for clear skies. thanks for the opinion on the punch in the sky / mountain area. I always try hard not to overdo the saturation / punch too much. I will give it a little extra umph and see how it looks.

Floris - Your adventure sounds a little wore intense then mine. :) I felt completely safe, as the storm was probably 15 miles away. We did watch the lightning but it was really tiny from our point of view. It got a little closer after sunset, but we got out of there then. To give you an idea of how far the storm is, here is a single frame I just processed in 30 seconds in lightroom with a tiny little lightning strike in it.

I like the 1st repost - looks a bit cleaner around the flowers. I am encounter a similar problem processing an image I'll post shorly. No crazy reflected light like yours, just a magenta cast especially noticeable in the shadows. Hey what happend to the near focus! Maybe a large print would show off that lightning.

Hey Harry, the second repost was just to show Floris how tiny the lightning was for me :) It isn't depth of field bracketed so the foreground is all out of focus. I have no intention of doing anything with that one.

Thanks again for pointing out your thoughts on the colors, I think toning it down in the foreground definitely helped.

I like the work you did on the re-post.

Beautiful image and composition with gorgeous light, Scott. It might be worth seeing if you can bring out just a bit more contrast in the sky and background. Not too much but maybe just a little.

Wow...just fantastic! I especially like your repost Scott. A beautiful scene captured in wonderful conditions.

Nick Bristol
lone rock, WI

This is excellent. Have to wonder sometimes about the circumstances that lead to our best pictures. This was obviously meant to be your picture.

Stellar work! Wouldn't change a thing.

Excellent, nice light and composition. Perfect mountain sunset scene.

Luck for sure...and skill pulling it off so well Scott! Like others have said, this has got everything. Stellar shot!

Thanks guys!

Tony - I know what you mean, I find most of my best photos came on days that I expected to get the least. I guess I need to always have low expectations. :)

Brian - The mountain area might be enhanced with just a touch more contrast to cut through the haze / atmospheric interference.

Thanks!

Scott, this is super-sweet. Fabulous shot in glowing conditions. You and your wife must have had a very nice picnic with majestic scenery like that! The repost with slightly less fg cast pops the flowers a little better.

That's a winner....luck definitely favors the prepared and you were prepared.

Just wonderful!

amazing west coast mountain scene

Sweet light and fantastic view.