Another Day at the Office II

Still going through my images from the Eastern Sierra get together. Here's yet another image captured with Paul and Preston. This was probably about 30min or so before the previous post and shortly after exposing this one, it started snowing.

Wider landscapes are a rarity for me. Would love to hear your thoughts, especially in terms of the technicals, color, sat, contrast, etc. Personally, I think it's a little to 50/50 for me. What do you think?

4x5, 210mm, V100f

Thanks!

Lon

I think the colors, saturation and contrast all look great.

And I really like the atmosphere of clouds and storm over the mtns and sun in the foreground. The transition from high desert to mtns. is nicely portraited as well. The only thing that I am on the fence with is the mid ground in terms of interest. But in a larger print the grass and the finer detail may make this part more appealing. Overall I think it is a nice image.

My 2c,

Derek

What do I think? I think I want to work in your office! Any openings?

Very pleasing image, Lon.

This looks really nice, Lon. I like how the little trough between the sage leads my eye into the scene. I might be tempted to clone out those fence posts, or whatever they are, in the meadow. The technicals look nice. You had a nice opening in the clouds to show off the mountains.

Good job!

-P

Man it looks like you guys had some great conditions even though the aspens may have not been up to par. As Derek mentioned the colors, saturation and contrast all look perfect. For me, I really enjoy the gold layer found in the middle ground, yet it's the composition of the fg element that I wish was a little different. I like the of the use of the sage brush and smattering of snow in the fg, but the layout feels kind of unbalanced to me. Not being there, I'm not sure anything could have been different. That said, this is still a fine example of the beautiful Eastern Sierra transition zones as presented.

Very nice indeed, Lon. I do not recall the land sloping so much off to the right especially the mid ground meadow area. However, everything else looks right on and the small grass detail in the FG really looks great.
Those items that look like fence posts in the open meadow area are not posts. They are those thing-a-ma-jigs, you know, tall grass stems. I'm sure a weed whacker or cloning can change that if you were so inclined.

Thanks folks!

Eric, I agree with you that it looks and feels a little unbalanced, which is why I mentioned the 50/50 comp.
Paul, the slope is due to the little drainage ditch I was set up in; it seemed that this spot was drainage for the meadow and there was actually piping behind me that went under the road. Initially, you were set up just left of this capture, above the drainage area.
And you're correct Paul, those are tall grasses out in the meadow, but I can go along with Preston in thinking that they look like fence posts...

Thanks for the comments!
Lon

I wouldn't say it's your best, but I bet a framed large print would look very nice on a wall.

- Dan.

I like the colors and display of the conditions with the mountains and clouds, but as with Eric, something about the foreground is throwing me off on this one. It is not the 50/50, but I can't quite put my finger on it. I still find it a pleasing image though.

My thoughts? You need to do wider landscapes more often!

The saturation, tonal range, etc. look good to me. The 50/50 does make it feel a little static.