Mt Rainier and Reflection lake 19 Degree morning

Gorgeos image. I always loved the way the 5D renders the blues and the contrast in the landscapes. If I could have done something to it to make it better, I would have lowered the vignetting on the sky and I would have opened up the forest in the right side, It attracts the attention from the main subject, the mountain peak.

Cheers!

A beautiful scene, superbly photographed Gary! I would agree with Nicolaie regarding the vignetting on the sky, but otherwise I find this to be a nice, well balanced, image. Excellent work Gary!

All the best,
Neil

I'd love to have the experience of being here under these conditions as you did.  Very nice composition.  I also agree with Nicolaie and Neil regarding the vignetting.  Also, your reflection is lighter than the source, which to my knowledge doesn't happen in nature (although I'm sure someone could find an unusual exception).  I just get a sense that a lot of processing went into this photograph that, given the natural beauty of the place at this moment, may have been unnecessary, at least in terms of amount.  As Neil pointed out, the place where more processing might have been useful (trees on the right) ought to be tried.  I'd continue to work on this scene to try to bring out the beauty you saw to aspiring viewers like me.

amazing mood!

This is a very serene image with nice composition and balance of color & light.

To my eye, this does not appear heavily processed.  Rather it could be the result of filters (ND grad & polarizing-- with which I am very familiar!) and mechanical vignetting perhaps.  If heavily-processed, I would think that one would have corrected the vignetting somewhat and erased the dust speck to the lower left of the upper pink cloud.  So, this image could be what the camera saw through filtration, slow-ish shutter speed, & such.

I don't think the trees should be brightened.  Sure, the human eyes would've seen brighter trees, but they likely would have only seen that the trees were brighter if they focused-in directly on the trees to the exclusion of the rest of the scene.

Perhaps stepping back a foot or so (if possible) to include more sky would have helped to reduce vignetting issues (because the corners could then have been cropped).

Beautiful shot. There are times when I would introduce vignetting but my personal tastes and based on this scene, I would remove it. Everything else is just wonderful.