"Rushmore from afar"

I like this venue because you can see the entire mountain from which the

faces were carved. Your comments and critique are welcome. Thanks

Dan,

I like your idea of giving the image a natural frame of trees and leaves. Also, the branch pointed at the carved faces is intriguing.

However, I believe the image is a bit washed out, as if lacking contrast and saturation (especially the sky and the rocks). Also, there is too much sky in it, giving it some sense of emptiness, at least in my eyes.

The building does not add beauty to the picture either, I think. Last but not least, isn't there something wrong with the greens there -- like, you processed them or something? They look strange.

Adam, thank you for your useful comments. I tried a crop eliminating the building and

about one half of the sky. That seemed to improve the picture and gives it a narrower

perspective; however it eliminates most of the framing by the forward trees. These trees are at a higher elevation and are much lighter green than those in lower elevation, also

I was using a long lens and the trees are slightly out of focus. A larger view of the photo seems to give it a sharper image. I have found that when making reduction of photos to post on PN, the images seem to loose a great deal of sharpness. Perhaps you or someone may have suggestions on how to compensate for this problem, maybe some post processing. Thanks again.