One last Ancient Lakes post

Here is the final Ancient Lakes post, at least from my last shoot. This bunchgrass and sky has more drama than the last post (with the lichen-covered basalt rock in the FG) but perhaps it’s still a tad ordinary? Any thoughts are appreciated.

I actually returned for another overnighter with my wife on the following weekend but the warm weather brought out fishermen and all kinds of assorted individuals. There were tents everywhere; a bunch of kids were tossing rocks off one of the waterfalls and my dog suffered a face full of porcupine quills. Needless to say we left early.

Sony R1, 1/10 sec @ f/16, UV filter only.

Love the grasses here Marc...and good timing on the moon.

Your description pretty much sums up most of the reasons I love winter camping out here, and cold/wet weather in general. As for the image, it's pretty hard to go wrong with those bunch-grasses. Nice work on the exposure and the moon is a nice touch.

Wow...I really had to watch for the moon....finally found it.

Marc, nice work all around....cold feel to the shot...works really well....and great depth.

Roman

Another excellent representation of a difficult area to compose. Great sky and foreground grass. I just got back from 4 days in your area and I am exhausted from running around all over the place looking for shots. It's a beautiful area and I'd like to do it justice but it takes patience and time to scout.

Yeah, I love the moon here, and the color and contrast treatment of the grass does them justice here. Great exposure too to get the grasses and the sky.
If anything, the composition seems a little too flat. LIke there should be more of a downward, wider angle focus on the grass, or towards the sky. Something about that top center brightest swoosh of clouds is competing with the grasses for me.

Yup. This is going to be a winter-only area from now on.

The grasses are my favorite part too, they provide a lot of interest in the foreground.