personal favorties Alpenglow, Mt Hood

All critiques are appreciated. Thanks for viewing this photo.

Mt Hood Alpenglow from Whiteriver.

1.3 sec at f/16, ISO 100, polarizer, 2 stop soft GND

Really beautiful with great colors and comp. 6/6 anon.

excellent photo...

well done

Superb....

 

superb exposure and very original view of Mt Hood.

Outstanding DOF and movement of the water. This took some skill to achieve this without it being an HDR.....excellent control of the light on Mt. Hood. Just beautiful!

Hi Scott. Thanks for your kind comment on my image. Your exposure and composition work here are superb. Excellent use of the two filters together.

Nicely done and good use of filters, Mt Hood looks beautiful in the distance. I have yet to pull a good shot of this beautiful mountain….wish this one was mine!

 

Warm regards, Pamela

 

Well-composed and great treatment! Best regards, Linh Dinh

Thank you to everyone for the kind comments. I really appreciate it. I'm glad to see you all enjoy this photo as much as I do!

Excelente toma, un perfecto punto de vista, color y exposición. Saludos

Great photo with just Mt Hood lit up! Fantastic!

Scott,

Wow....this is breathtaking The velvet flow of the water is stunning. Wonderful capture. Happy New Year !!!! Patsy

Very nicely captured and well done, Scott!

Greetings!

Well, I think all of the appropriate platitudes have been used here; so, I'll focus my comments on the outstanding technical and artistic merits of this photograph.

 

First, your composition is excellent; with the small stream leading the eye into the frame to Hood. Second, the POV couldn't be better! Getting down low makes this a much more unique perspective. Everyone else would have taken this photograph with the camera on the tripod 5-6 feet above the ground. It almost seems like you were lying on your belly in that cold stream to take this.

 

The exposure is spot-on, with terrific details in the dark areas and the lightest regions on the side of Hood; and I'm glad to see that you didn't 'fog' the moving water too much either. Finally, for a winter image you have wonderful color balance.

 

All in all, it is my opinion that this is your best photograph yet. Congratulations, Scott! Cheers! Chris

 

[Although, your image "Blue Ice" will always be one of my faves of your work!]

Agree with Chris :). Great work Scott.

Thanks again to everyone for the comments. I have reposted the image after reprocessing based on the comments I have received. I evened out the central darkness in the sky (from the polarizer), used a slightly tighter crop and decreased the cyans a bit.

great angle and composition, nice light. excellent shot.

great composition..stunning tones leading lines are getting my eyes where they should.. good job.

Regards

Sebastian

The GND was perfect in this shot - not visible at all. Were you in the water? Use rubber boots? That is one of the new bits of gear I want to get for shots like this in the future.

wonderful shot.. Great view point and depth.. Best regards..

 

Tarek