Prusik Peak reflected in Gnome Tarn

I'd like to hear your opinions about the placement of the stone in the

foreground.

Clean and sharp.

Another effective bit of stitching. It works really well and makes a grand square composition. The understated areas of warm light contrast well with the overall blueness.

It is a very good reflection shot. My preference would be to have positioned the shot so the stone was more to the right. This would make it origin symmetric with respect to the smaller peak on the left.

I follow Nathan's thinking but reckon that if incorporating the rock descent visible here on the right hand side was important (as I think it was) a step lift and a twist right might have introduced a risk of flare with that sun appearing dangerously close to the right edge. Nice shot, colour and detail.

I recognize ALW as I fly over it oft but have not been there on the ground. The thing I like about this pic is the clarity of the sky. With the exhaust of city and forest fires allowed to burn unabated, the sky in our wilderness areas is often less than clear. Fall in the ALW is truly unique with the yellow larch and other colors.

I like this image. I think you've done the framing just about right, especially considering the position of the sun. The only thing I might have tried would be to get the rock a bit more removed from the peak's reflection. To do that, I might step back and then to the left just a tad, and recomposed to put the rock one rock width to the right and up (if all that makes sense). It's hard to armchair a photo position; better to be there, which I wish I could.

Wow, that's a lot of good feedback.

 

Phil, the camera is pretty low to the ground, so moving sideways would have moved the stone considerably without upsetting the rest of the composition. I just wasn't very sure where to put it at the time. Just to see what it would look like I've photoshopped it into the right corner, I guess it is better but it still feels unbalanced. Maybe I should have shopped around longer for a foreground... oh well.

 

Jeff, I've heard great things about the yellow larches but this trip was about one month to early to see them. Unfortunately photo oppertunities is not the only thing controlling the agenda :-(

 

Thanks for all your comments. I've never had this much helpful feedback on a photo!

great reflection

Just beware Kai,

 

The condition of your knees goes as the inverse of the number of reflection shots;-)

Beautiful image.

I agree with Nathan and Phil - a step to the left to move the rock to the right. Also, take a few shots with the ripple effect of throwing a large boulder into the water. It sometimes can make a nice accent ............ (-;

That's a good tip Ken. I should try that some time. Those circular waves might make for hard stitching though :-)

Wow! Excellent capture. The rock seems to be the point of discussion here, but for me it's the hill on the left which ironically would have solved the rock issue I think. I would love to see the whole image with a tad less hill on the left which, changing to catch the angle, I think would have made the rock more to the right and the sharp peak more the central focus. Just my seriously amatuer ideas. beautiful shot.

 

Would love some critquing on my shots if you geta chance.