Fire Storm + Repost

You captured a beautiful moment there Sairam! I like the perspective you chose being in the shaded area around the corner from the direct light, it gives the scene a bit of mystery. I'd be tempted to crop off some of the bottom to above the bush, maybe to a square format just because it's a little empty and uninteresting down there. [I just looked at the larger version, maybe theres enough texture to be okay without the crop]] Very nice work!

Thanks for the comment Scott, I did ponder cropping off the front, although I found the bush to be a nice anchor point in the front and the path doing a kind of zig zag a little interesting. Perhaps if everyone is of this opinion, I can post a cropped version just to see how it looks.

Pretty!
Yes, obviously the fg is the contentious part here. It does add some depth, but my vote would be to crop 1/2 the bush so the sky is 1/3 (its closer to 1/4 here)
I like everything else. The WB is definitely cool-and warming it might accentuate the sky more, but then you'd lose the mood--so i think its good as is

Sairam, this is gorgeous. Great processing and control of the beautiful light. The warm/cool contrast is very nice IMO. My 2 cents on the cropping is that I don't mind it as is, but if I were to crop I'd cut to just above the center foreground rock, leaving the two foreground bushes as anchors. Really nice work!

I love the light and color gradient! I agree with Scott, I would crop it to a 4x5 horizontal (cutting out the bottom half, and just a tiny bit of the top of the sky), which would focus the image on the canyon, rocks, and light, which is what this image is all about. I love all the rounded shapes of the rocks - the canyon really has some depth to it.

I'm firmly in the crop camp, Sairam. You found some amazing light and did a super job from capture to presentation. I could even see going square here but no matter what you do, you have a winner.

Beautiful colors and sky in this Sairam and the processing is very well done also. I agree that a crop from the bottom might help but that's just my thought. Beautiful as is and a great job.

Sairam, This is a beautiful image! Really some wonderful light and color you captured in this image. I like the crop suggestion to just above the foreground center rock as Jared mentioned. Very nice work on this!!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Thanks for all the feedback guys. Here are 3 crops I played with. Please let me know which one works for you guys!

Crop 1

Crop 2

Crop 3

For me, that third crop for sure. I like the others, but that crazy sky is a major part of the image, and in the third crop it assumes a proper percentage of the photo. It also emphasizes those cool shorter rocks on the left; hard to appreciate in the other crops. Nice!

Wonderful landscape, the light is exquisite. I would go with the final crop although I'm rather partial to the first crop too.

I actually like the balance and flow of the original version Sairam, but the last semi square crop works well too. Nice work man!

thanks guys! somehow, I'm still torn between crops 1 and 3