Alberta Sunrise

Lindy it does look a little dark. From what I can see the composition looks good and you have a nice reflection in the water of the peak. Brighten up the exposure and this would look much better. Nice image.

I agree with what Dean said. this is a lovely scene. In particular, I like the nice regular ripples on the waters surface.

"Is this too dark?" - yes, the top half of the image is too dark. What kind of camera/lens/filters did you use? What were the exposure settings? How did you process the image? With more information, I can give you some suggestions about how to brighten the image.

Settings are: D700, ISO 100 ss= 1/8, -2 EV, f22 with a Singh ray Rowell filter over the mountain. Camera set to vividl Lightroom 4 with increased blacks, highlight at 76, lightened up the shadows to 98. Should I just lighten where the filter was? Thanks for your help.

Thanks for the additional info Lindy. Yes, I would just lighten the area where the filter was. Use the graduated filter in LR4 and increase the exposure. You can also use the shadows and blacks sliders to open up the shadows a bit. Next time in the field I wouldn't use the GND filter for this type of shot. Usually during the mid day time you don't need GNDs unless the sky is considerably brighter than the land. In general, the GNDs work best for sunrise/sunset.

Slightly dark and could possibly use a slight crop from the bottom? Otherwise very nice.

In addition to lightening the image on the top portion of the image, I would also crop a bit off the left to eliminate the distracting rock in the lower left. A beautiful scene! Was this captured near the Jasper Park Lodge? It looks like Pyramid Mountain in the background.

Shot from the east side of the island in pyramid lake. Good call- it is pyramid mtn