Posted by Arlen Fletcher on October 23, 2008 at 12:33 PM
From my Oct. 5th visit to Ohio Pass. C & C solicited!
Posted by Mel Ladewig on October 23, 2008 at 1:13 PM
You've placed Castle Mountain beautifully. If you can hold the clouds and snow where they are and brighten the rest this will pop. Those aspen look great!
Posted by Todd Caudle on October 23, 2008 at 2:13 PM
I agree with Mel on lightening up the foreground. Also, did you purposely desaturate the sky? Looks strange to have blue in the shadows of the mountains, but not a hint of it in the sky.
Posted by John Zinn on October 23, 2008 at 2:24 PM
The snow gives some great separation. I agree with the others about lightening the fg and I might also try darkening the sky a touch to keep the focus on the mtns and trees.
John
Posted by Jesse Speer on October 23, 2008 at 3:57 PM
Beautiful shot Arlen. Good composition, and you timed your visit well. Great color. I generally agree with the others. The disparity of color between mountains and sky is extremely distracting.
Posted by Joshua Hardin on October 23, 2008 at 6:00 PM
I agree with everyone above. Also seems to need some sharpening to me.
Posted by Kalin Wilson on October 23, 2008 at 11:12 PM
Nice comp! I agree with the comments above. This must have been a pretty long lens. Nice shot.
Many thanks to all who have commented! This is exactly the feedback I was looking for.
To answer a few of the questions posed: No - I didn't desaturate the sky, but I DID desaturate the mtns! The only blue in the sky was overhead. The lens was a Canon 70-200 f/2.8L IS USM @ 200mm on a 5D body. I'll go back to the original RAW and start over with the processing. Again, thanks for the comments!
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To answer a few of the questions posed: No - I didn't desaturate the sky, but I DID desaturate the mtns! The only blue in the sky was overhead. The lens was a Canon 70-200 f/2.8L IS USM @ 200mm on a 5D body. I'll go back to the original RAW and start over with the processing. Again, thanks for the comments!