Gallery: LandscapePosted July 26, 2015164 views6 comments
Last week's trip to the San Juan Mountains of Colorado included a night on the pass overlooking Red Mountain. The clouds from the afternoon rains shrouded the view for a few hours until sunset.
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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on July 26, 2015 at 6:47 PM
Nice color and contrast, especially the reds against the greens and the clouds. You might consider a crop from the right to bring the summit of the mountain more toward the center of the frame. I'm on the fence with the road, though. I like the clouds hanging on the peak.
--P
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on July 26, 2015 at 6:54 PM
This is a great view, Doug, with a fine mood. I like how the peak is semi-obscured by cloud and the cloudy sky with lots of details. My sense of irony is enjoying the scree field coming in from the left that looks a lot like a two wheel track road and then it mingles with the road coming in from the right.
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Comment posted by D.A. Edwards on July 26, 2015 at 9:16 PM
They need to move that trailhead a half mile to the right!
I find the road to be distracting from the show of clouds up on the mountain which you have depicted very nicely. Although the foreground rock and patterns are interesting, I would probably make a pano crop of the top half if it were mine.
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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on July 27, 2015 at 12:04 PM
Thanks for the feedback.
Preston - I did not think of the roads below when I posted. Feel free to move the post to Man & Nature. I will try a small crop on the right to help center the main peak.
Mark, I certainly would not want to drive down that scree slope on that virtual path ;-)
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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on July 27, 2015 at 2:39 PM
The intensity in the rocky parts is very nice, as is the contrast with the greens. Too bad about the road, but what can you do?! The clouds are a great detail as well, they do seem to have a bit of a magenta cast to it in my eyes (esp left part).
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on July 27, 2015 at 5:59 PM
I really like the clouds and mood. The reds look good against the clouds, too. Excellent sweeping lines. The image works nicely.
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6 commentsNice color and contrast, especially the reds against the greens and the clouds. You might consider a crop from the right to bring the summit of the mountain more toward the center of the frame. I'm on the fence with the road, though. I like the clouds hanging on the peak.
--P
This is a great view, Doug, with a fine mood. I like how the peak is semi-obscured by cloud and the cloudy sky with lots of details. My sense of irony is enjoying the scree field coming in from the left that looks a lot like a two wheel track road and then it mingles with the road coming in from the right.
They need to move that trailhead a half mile to the right!
I find the road to be distracting from the show of clouds up on the mountain which you have depicted very nicely. Although the foreground rock and patterns are interesting, I would probably make a pano crop of the top half if it were mine.
Thanks for the feedback.
Preston - I did not think of the roads below when I posted. Feel free to move the post to Man & Nature. I will try a small crop on the right to help center the main peak.
Mark, I certainly would not want to drive down that scree slope on that virtual path ;-)
The intensity in the rocky parts is very nice, as is the contrast with the greens. Too bad about the road, but what can you do?! The clouds are a great detail as well, they do seem to have a bit of a magenta cast to it in my eyes (esp left part).
I really like the clouds and mood. The reds look good against the clouds, too. Excellent sweeping lines. The image works nicely.