Early Summer II

Thanks for your time

Well seen and captured, I like the tundra in the fg and the reflections in the melted snow. Beautiful landscape.

Sondra, I agree. The b/w just does not do it, especially in the reflection pools.

Thanks for looking.

I love the detail of the clouds (both in the sky and the reflections) and the bright blue of the sky.

Color, Comp, and DOF are exceptional. Ken

Breathtaking scenery, great colors. Tones in the foreground (bushes) appear a bit "stressed", probably after dodging the shadows ? Anyway, very nice panoramic landscape, the wide angle is good for depth

Thanks Carsten,

I'm thinking about using one of your techniques by splitting the image into foreground and background, apply tonality on separate images and then merge them.

After studying how to use LAB color and some PS channel operations and theory, this one is better than the previous version.

I didnt see the previous version - definitively better, astonishing what you vamped out of the bits ;-) My initial optimism with RAW is dampened, especially the shadows come out better with exposure bracketing/ composite technique as compared to tweaked single RAW/NEF. For promising shots I always make at last three bracket exposures meanwhile, exposed for the highlights and overexposed in 0.7 to 1.3 EV steps

Fantastic composition and light. Regards :)

Love those clouds. Their reflection adds a lot of interest to the snow covered landscape. Beautiful scene.

Carsten is right software is not a substitute for basic photo technique. I'll start using a tripod too.

Excellent, a master piece.

Cheers