Early Summer Reflected

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 9, 20142,095 views23 comments

A reflection of birch, aspen, and cottonwood trees along a small lake in south-central Alaska one June morning several years ago. The sun had risen but the light had not yet started to touch these trees. Always loved the Alaska greens after another dark, long winter, (and may have over done the green here).
4x5, 210mm, Velvia, warm polarizer. M1 scan, TK masks and such.

Large size image also provided.

Your thoughts and comments, critiques and suggestions are always appreciated. Thanks.

Comments

23 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 10, 2014 at 12:22 AM

Wonderful, serene scene here. The greens look positively electric from here, so do consider toning them down a bit.
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Joel Hazelton on July 10, 2014 at 12:42 AM

Stunning. The greens look great to me - remind me of early summer. Beautiful details in the large version.

Registered on August 6, 2008, 194 Posts, 1315 Comments

Comment posted by Ben Horne on July 10, 2014 at 1:08 AM

I love the 50/50 split here and the wonderful color of the greens when combined with the stark light gray trunks. I bet this one is a real treat to look at on the light table.

Registered on August 27, 2009, 51 Posts, 959 Comments

Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on July 10, 2014 at 7:48 AM

Beautiful Vance, love the greens along with the still water surface and of course the reflections, definitely has a tranquil look. Beautifully seen and presented.
John

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Comment posted by Thomas Haney on July 10, 2014 at 9:40 AM

Nice shot Vance, I especially like the bottom half.

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Comment posted by gary phillips on July 10, 2014 at 10:14 AM

Beautiful shot, Vance. I love the uniformity of the tree height which allowed such a wonderful reflection. The greens look fine to me and I don' think I would change a thing. I played with a crop from the left and right to just concentrate the linear lines of the white tree trunks and I liked it. But I also like it as presented. Very nice as usual.

Registered on October 24, 2013, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Leggett on July 10, 2014 at 11:00 AM

Love all the green and reflection, Vance. Nicely symmetrical, and you took great care to frame it level. Excellent work.

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Comment posted by Mark Zelinka on July 10, 2014 at 2:01 PM

Great dream-like quality to this with that little bit of fog. The green looks realistic. Excellent.

Registered on August 20, 2007, 206 Posts, 998 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on July 10, 2014 at 5:28 PM

Hi Vance, This is really beautiful and I love the mood this has. It just feels wonderful looking at this and makes me long to be there. The reflections are really nice and and I especially like the fine lines of the birch and aspen trunks. I think your comp works very nice and you have some wonderful details in the large version. I have seen full blown spring greens that look very much like this so the color looks quite natural for me on my monitor.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on July 10, 2014 at 5:40 PM

Very serene scene, Vance. The Velvia is really popping those greens! I might consider pulling out a bit of blue from it, especially in some of the trunks? But looks real nice as presented.

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Comment posted by Dan Kearl on July 10, 2014 at 7:19 PM

The reflection is the best part.
I think a small crop off the top would look nice with more reflection than land.

Registered on September 2, 2013, 209 Posts, 1514 Comments

Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on July 11, 2014 at 9:07 AM

Really beautiful. Does seem a touch vibrant to me - the suggestion of pulling out some blue could be the trick.

Registered on September 27, 2006, 636 Posts, 10682 Comments

Comment posted by Jared Warren on July 11, 2014 at 5:15 PM

Gorgeous. The color and reflection are just great. The shadows deep in the background really pull me in as well.

Registered on May 11, 2012, 84 Posts, 931 Comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on July 11, 2014 at 8:57 PM

Love the greens and low lying mist. Larger view is fantastic. The 50/50 comp works well IMHO. The muted reflection also adds a lot to the scene.

Registered on January 4, 2009, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments

Comment posted by Jean C Cajolet on July 11, 2014 at 9:22 PM

Beautiful, what a reflection with all this green and white. I like it.

Registered on April 28, 2014, 53 Posts, 532 Comments

Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on July 12, 2014 at 12:07 AM

This is wonderful, Vance. The trees, the mist, the reflection all tie together nicely. I agree with Harley about perhaps pulling some blue, especially in the whites. Other than that, this really works!

--P

Registered on November 1, 2003, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments

Comment posted by Ester van Dam on July 12, 2014 at 4:59 AM

So tranquil and serene, the mist just makes it even better! Perhaps it is slightly to green but then again i do not know how green it was in real life.Wonderful image!

Registered on August 30, 2011, 50 Posts, 103 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on July 12, 2014 at 9:53 AM

This has the unexpected appeal that characterizes your work, Vance. A nice scene, but certainly elevated to a higher level of viewability that engages the viewer in a new way.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments

Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on July 13, 2014 at 1:58 AM

Beautiful greens and reflection Vance.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on July 13, 2014 at 11:46 AM

Very very nice!

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on July 13, 2014 at 10:04 PM

Thank you to everyone for your wonderful comments. I am working on a rework, incorporating the suggestions of pulling a bit of the blue back.
Thanks again.

Registered on November 13, 2008, 298 Posts, 6629 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on July 14, 2014 at 8:42 AM

Beautiful emerald green foliage display and reflection too, Vance. The thin layer of fog seems to be icing on the cake so to speak.Very nice to see the tremendous response to the greens from the Velvia also.......

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Comment posted by John Williams on July 16, 2014 at 7:50 PM

I love your take on the world Vance. Your images catch so much of the patterned beauty of nature. This is wonderful.

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