Imnaha Breaks + Repost

Marylynne,

You are developing quite a series!  This is terrific and an excellent addition.  There is so much to love about this.  I'll start with something subtle, and that is the narrow presentation - it helps accentuate the long ridges. Excellent presentation.  Next, I really like how the contrast fades with distance, which for me is natural given the conditions and atmosphere.

I don't have any nits. The only suggestion might be to increase the contrast in the clouds to try and add to the light and drama happening.  Otherwise, this is very well done.

Lon

Interesting diagonals but the horizon is tilting though you may have planned it this way.  I find the sky appropriate but the snow in the foreground is distracting as it is so bright.  The layers of the landscape are very nice.

I personally do not have any issues with this. I think it has a wonderful depth and feel and the tones to me are spot on.
Jim

Beautiful light and mood. No nits here, real nice image. 

It looks slightly tilted CW to me, but that might be perception? It's both the lines in the land and the shape of the clouds that make me believe it. Otherwise this is very nice! Comp and light are great.

Hi Everyone,
Thanks for the feedback.  I hadn't noticed the CW tilt....the elevation changes and directional drainages could make that an illusion, and I think I relied on the trees in the original.  Nonetheless, I think you all are right.  I tend to have to do a -.51 rotation on just about everything that is not shot on a tripod, and sometimes things that are!  I hadn't rotated this at all, so this newest version has a -1.0 in LR with this version, and I think it is truly level now (based on trees on ridges, rather than those on slopes).

I also did another pass across the fg highlights and the cloud rays to deemphasize the former and emphasize the latter.  Let me know if this is better and whether you see additional tweaks I should make. 

BTW, it should have been f/13 for aperture above.  I just caught the typo.
ML

Marylynne,

I didn't notice any tilt and didn't think you could do much to improve this... but you have!  Thanks for taking the time to rework and post.  This looks great!

Beautiful and I love the B&W conversion here.  I wish there was a touch more texture in the clouds but that's pretty minor.  Very nice contrasting lines and a great spectrum of whites blacks and greys 

I noticed the tilt immediately Marylynne. I tend to do the same thing with an inherent slight CW rotation in a lot of my work that I'm always correcting. Other than that I've got no nits on your evocative image, nice tones throughout.

Your photo brings back very fond memories of floating the Snake River, dug bar and the absolutly stunning scenery.  It is one of the  most beautiful places in the country, and this image captures that beauty.  Excellent. 

This is a very nice B&W with a lot of drama. I thought the original image looked very nice, but the re-post carries the day. Well done, Marylynne!

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Hi  Marylynne   Excellent  work  capturing  the dramatic  elements of this scene ..

Albert Darmo
Canada

Marylynne, This is wonderful. It is a great looking scene and the b&w processing looks very nice to me. The layers just keep on going in this which looks great, so nice work with the composition too. Repost works even better!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI