East of the Sonora Pass on a Smokey Afternoon

Excellent editing Brad. I like the richness of it. Well done. 7/6

 

Elizabeth

This is reworked version of an earlier submission. This image

needed some careful work on selective brightness, color levels,

and contrast in selective areas to try and tame some of the

enormous brightness range. This is my best result so far.

 

There was a great deal of smoke in the air driving over the 9600'

Sonora Pass in the late afternoon from nearby forest fires. At

higher elevations the aspens were changing color and the

smoke made the light somewhat soft and interesting. I took this

shot because I was intrigued by the bright light on the hill side in

the upper middle of the frame. The most interesting aspect of the

image to me is the subtle play of soft light in the smoke around

the dark trees of the forest, and the many receding layers of

terrain. Because I was shooting into the sun, there is an extreme

contrast range, the sky was blown out, but it was already white

from the smoke. I am pleased with the 'painterly' feel of this

photograph. Anybody else like it?

Super shot.

Very nice, I like how the image is layered from front to back with the lighting. I read your bio about being saddled w/ the kids. that's unfortunate. Luckily im not there yet. The idea of not being able to shoot because of family obligations is a sad one. You've got skills, hopefully you can find a way to go shoot freely.