Kodachrome (+1)

This is an alternate shot taken a few minutes later. The light, clouds, and shadows were constantly changing, but these comps are pretty similar, and I'd appreciate hearing which you prefer as I go back and forth. @68, 1/80, f13, iso 200, cpl, gnd. 

This is real nice landscape, Scott. The conditions were indeed excellent.The detail and processing look great. I love the spots of sunlight. No nits to pick here. I prefer the original image. I think the spots of sunlight in foreground of the first one add a nice dimension that is missing in the second one. Well done!
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Love the perspective here, Scott.  I think I prefer the original version - a better balance of light and shade, and that mass of clouds given that much more prominence, with the distant peaks to the R also contributing nicely.  Powerful sense of the wide open spaces of this landscape.

Boy, that's a tough one. I like the dappled light in the original more but the 2nd has a stronger composition. I also like the color balance more in the 2nd. But I have to agree with the others, the original is better. I would reduce some of the contrast in the clouds, bring up their darker shadows a bit.

Scott, What a beautiful scene and you caught some fantastic light. I like the first image the best but like Igor I like the color balance of the second one a little better. I think the first one with a little less contrast might work quite well and especially in the clouds, but it is very nice as it is. Sure is a beautiful looking landscape.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

Scott,

Not hard to understand why this is called Kodachrome Basin -  If you would have told me this was shot with KR64 or KM35, I would believe you.  Colors/processing look pretty accurate to the old Kodachrome.

This is a terrific, wide-open-spaces landscape.  what makes this one work so well is the dappled light, caused of course by the clouds.  and because of the dappled lighting, I prefer the original - especially with the spots of light in the foreground and throughout the landscape.

If I was to offer a teeny-tiny-teeny-tiny nit/suggestion it would be this.  The very far away sliver of a mountain range, the ones on the left just touching the clouds... I would do a color select range and desaturate the blue.  LIke I said, a majorly minor nit... ;-)

A grand view, well done.

Lon
 

Beautiful view and sky! What grand luck to have the system along with you on your travels! I am all in on the first version. Lovely light! Real nice work!

You've got an outstanding sky here, Scott.  It works great with the fine colors in the land and the sweeping vista.  The lighting in the original post is so much better.

Very nice work, Scott.  I like the interplay of light and shadow in this scene, and because it is more pronounced in the original post I think I prefer it.  For my tastes, I would recommend dialing back on the contrast a bit, but otherwise this is nicely done.

Really beautiful image, Scott. I prefer the first as the spot lighting is more compelling. The highlights look a bit hot on my monitor. I would back off slightly on the white point/contrast.

While both are beautifully done I am leaning toward the original post, Scott. I really love the dappled lighting in that version and I think the colors have a little more punch to them. Of course you can not go wrong with the drama in the sky. Looks like you had a wonderful trip.

Ed

Interesting how the white balance shifted between these two; were you shooting Auto? Others above have said it; I also prefer the first image, but with a slightly cooler white balance. The clouds at the top of the first image are more interesting, and I like the dappled lighting underneath, with more of the main ridge in sunlight.

Scott, add another vote for the first. I think the lighting and clouds are both better in that one. I might burn and/or desaturate the bright red rock on the horizon at the right edge. Their brightness pulls my eye there a bit. Beautiful shot of a beautiful place!

Love the dappled sun and shadows.  The horizon does feel a little too centered - maybe a little crop off the bottom to allow the drama of the clouds to become more dominant.  The wide open space that the image conveys lifts me up.  Dig  the vastness.