Hurricane Ridge Before Sunset

My first visit to the Olympic National Forest. This was taken towards the

very end of the "good light", when there was still a little bit of color left in the

sky. I've seen photos like this before (with the receding diagonals of the hills

and mountains), but had never had an opportunity to take one myself.

Feedback would be welcome on what I did right, and what I could have done

differently.

Beautiful layered composition. The colour palette is very nice too.

I really like the composition -- you've captured the nature of the very deep valleys by looking down the length of those valleys as well as having two very steep slopes in the foreground.  It's also nice that the peaks in the distance are so well defined and not obscured by too much haze.  A cloud or two in the sky might have been nice, but we have to take what nature presents to us at the moment and make the best of it, which you have done.

nice layering and tonal progression from green to blue. a bit more of contrast would be adviseable. I like the absence of clouds as they might have made the shot more difficult to read.

Thanks for the feedback.  While in general I prefer clouds in the sky for that added bit of drama and texture, I do think that in this case they may not have added much, seeing how little of the frame the sky actually takes up.  But I'm sure I'll go back here one day and will get some glorious cloudy mountainscapes. :-)

I've uploaded a version with a touch more contrast.  Is this the amount you had in mind, Giuseppe?

I like the added contrast.  It seems to have enhanced the tree-covered slope facing the viewer more than the overlapping ridges in the background, but both areas are visually more interesting, IMO.