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Mt Hood, Columbia with Fog SOOC

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Posted by Marylynne Diggs on January 11, 2014 at 7:34 PM
Mt Hood, Columbia with Fog SOOC
I haven't been doing a whole lot of shooting lately, but I nabbed a few interesting sunrises from the shoulder of 205 on the way to work. This one (and another I'll share later) was cropped but otherwise untouched out of my Canon s90 point and shoot. Processing suggestions welcome. It's in Raw with about 10 mb to work with.
Posted by Steve Kennedy on January 12, 2014 at 11:29 AM
Beautiful!. I love the mood of this Marylynne. The muted pastel colors and the fog. I like how you captured the patch of fog in the lower left and the mountain shadow in the top. The mountain and its shadow reflect the line of the shore and converge right at the tip of the island. Very well done!
Posted by Catherine Reilly on January 12, 2014 at 7:56 PM
What a wonderful shot. The first thing I thought of was the overall mood, as Steve mentioned in his comment.
Suggestions for processing? There are many cool angles to the left in the image, especially the two rays shooting off the peaks. I think I'd gently play with the tones to emphasize those and the other elements that create the mood-- the fog, the shoreline, etc. Off-centering Mt. Hood to the right would direct the viewer to the goodies on the left and make the light side contrast more with the shadow side even if you don't do much color enhancement. That's what I'd experiment with to start, and maybe I'd end up more satisfied with not changing much at all!
Posted by Marylynne Diggs on January 13, 2014 at 11:41 PM
Thanks Steve and Catherine. I shot from the car through the passenger window, but believe me, I know exactly where stop on that bridge. Catherine: I'm not sure I'm following your suggestion. Do you mean cropping more off the right, or off the left (at the edge of the fog?
Posted by Catherine Reilly on January 14, 2014 at 4:29 PM
Sorry about that. I meant for a crop off the right to just past the first taller tree, or so. But the more I look at it, the more I like it as is.