Foggy Pink Trillium

A shot from this morning. I've shot Trillium many many times, but haven't ever felt like I had a decent shot. So for fun I tried shooting it the past few mornings. This was the best from my ventures. Enjoy, and please let me know your thoughts! Thanks!

One of the best Trillium shots I have seen! I think the foreground anchors the shot very well, and the vertical format works great here. The mist also adds a lot to the shot for me.

Now I'm gonna kick myself for not going up this weekend. Excellent shot Ryan!

The Trillium shots have been excellent these past two weeks! Great work here, the color is great and the eye seems to walk right through to Hood.

Quite a lovely image, Ryan. Very nicely balanced and pleasing to the eye!

Very nice! The rock in the lower left makes a very nice anchor to a well composed image. Only nit is that it seems to be a bit tilted. I would also like to see a bit of the right cropped out to make things symmetrical to see how that would turn out (out of curiousity).

I love the nice soft light. Great mood!

Without a doubt the best Trillium image I have ever seen !!!!! Great job !

Nicely done Ryan, great shot at Trillium.

David M. Cobb

wow great shot. Definitely one of the better Trillium shots.....very dynamic composition, and you have a good balance of soft and heavy contrast that works well. This is a very pleasing, balanced image.

Home run, Ryan. All of us are envious and wish we had this one in our portfolio. Congrats on a great capture.

Thanks guys! Yeah Jess, I thought long and hard on whether or not to take that stick out. I decided it showcases the crisp water and reflection, enhancing the "under water" view. I didn't know if it was too distracting or not. Maybe I'll take it out and see if I like it.

Ryan....you absoluly nailed this one.....exceptional shot.

Roman

Ryan,

I also will add my congrats for the beautiful image you posted. I would suggest that you try this composition with a shorter lense, but still in the vertical format. This would allow you to crop just above the looming rock in the forground. The very short lense you used has caused the small rock in the bottom to appear to be larger in fact than Mt. Hood. While using a sort lense or tilting the back on a view camera to enhance the forground is effective in some compositions, the looming effect in this image is in my opinion overdone. But again, just my opinion! I do really like the rest of your fine image. Could you give us some additional camera and lense information?

Thanks,

Phil Knouf

Thanks for your comment Phil. I definately think a longer lense would help compress the scene and Mt. Hood more prominent in the scene. I have actually been playing around with some "small scene" stuff in the past couple months, so I can appreciate what you are invisioning here, though I think for this scene the wide lens allows the viewer to experience the same depth and perspective as if you were really standing there, ya know? If you were to stand in this spot at Trillium Lake, the rocks would appear that big and Hood would appear that distant. There are pros/cons for everything I guess!

As for camera and lens info, this image was shot with a 1ds3 and 17-40.

That... is fantastic Ryan.