Waiting for the cold wind...

This is another photo from my recent weekend in the Trout Lake area. This is a little tighter scene than often attracts me; I'd love some feedback and suggestions.


Nikon D80
Nikon 12-24mm f/4 at 24mm
1/4 at f/16 and iso100

Wonderfully detailed foreground. Could have benefited from some low-lying mist or something, but still works. You need a huge format camera and a 30x40 to really appreciate scenes like this.

What a good eye for this! Nice scene all around. :)

Dang, John! I am so all over this one!

This is really nice, John. The meticulous composition, and near to far detail are just dead on. The square, tight crop is a little out of my box as well. But this works so well, I don't think I can find anything to critique. This might be one of my favorite NPN fall images this year.

Wow! stunning!! Great vision for this shot, John. It's a winner for me!

It does tickle me that you call this a tight scene. Love it!

I like this image a lot. You actually have 2 images here...one as captured, very nice. You could also crop right by those dark weeds and make a pano with the trees, a little field for foreground and that would look really nice too!

Jack

Wow! I just noticed that you exposed this for quarter of a second! It's so friggen sharp! There must not have been a breath of air movement.

Nice image, John. Tack sharp and lots of depth.

Had to come back for another look. Yep, just love it!

I really appreciate the comments, more than you might think. I definitely got into photography from a "wow that's pretty, I should snap a photo" type of approach, and I'm trying to think outside the box a bit (mostly from inspiration gathered here). While not a stretch for many here, this was a shot that I wouldn't have thought of a year ago; I would have driven past it looking for a grander vista.

Mark, it's interesting that you note that. It was misty/rainy, but very still. I actually shot this scene once, and as I moved on I remembered that I still had the iso set at 800. I was worried about sharpness and noise and, knowing that there was no wind, turned around and went back for take two.

I think the slouching grasses in the foreground really add alot of mood to the image. Gives it kind of a elegant feeling. Very nice!

Hey, John, very (very!) pleasing to the eye. I like this one a lot. The foreground detail and colors really make this for me.

> I still had the iso set at 800
I've never done this before...

John, very simple and plesant scene. Nice study in how many yellows actually exist in nature.

Roman

John your recent uploads are blowing me away...the detail in the shots are amazing....I would love to know your web presentation tech........keep up the great work.......these scenes are so incredible to look at and take in.....and I am not saying this just because you are my dogs vet!!!!!...they really are great.....and I can see them printed huge hanging as murals!!!!

This one is great. Grabbed me with the thumbnail for the simplicity of color arrangement, and still looks awesome at this size too. Great processing. I do agree that it would better with some fog, but it's still very effective. well visualized.