Jobes Peak Frost

Please critique my work. This is dawn image. I am fairly new to magic

light and trying to get some experience at it.

All comment appreciated, negativ or positve.

 

Thanks, Matt Smith

Spectactor, the color, lighting is perfect, wouldn't change a thing!!!!

Nice lighting. I like the gentle curve of the river bank too.

 

 

Damn. Why can't I shoot that well. Someone might be able to improve on this shot, but not me. Great.

Thank you for getting up early, in the freezing morning and taking this shot, we see nothing like this in OZ (Australia) Love the foreground, add so much to the overall feeling, in this well thought out picture....Full Marks !

Congratulations Matt on this terrific shot!

Nice shot. Perfectly still water.

Sweet light, and a great job of capturing it. The only thing I might, and I do mean MIGHT, change would be the uneven darkening of the sky. Manipulating the polarizer might give a more even deep blue to the sky.

I'm not really sure it would be be an improvement, though. The sky is interesting now, but kind of flat when I play with it.

Thanks Joe,

 

I see what you mean about the uneven sky. I checked the TX and it is lighter on the left. I think the middle darkened when I was lightening the highlights because the image scanned dark.

Thanks for the comment.

Matt

Very nice image, and great use of a split ND filter -- the light is nicely balanced. I agree with the uneven sky; need to be careful with the polarizer.

Nice reflection and colors.

Excellent Shot..Well Done!!!

Fantastic light you have here. The composition works and the combination of warm and cool colors is a bonus. To me, the dark spot in the sky looks like a polarizer artifact. This is usually visible in the view finder. When it occurs, I turn the polarizerto to lighten its effects, and use a slightly stronger grad to hold the sky back. But that's really a minor nit on this great image.

Thank you Kenneth for your thoughtful feedback. I shot a magic light scene last night and noticed the polarized dark area moving around in the sky. This is something I don't think I would have noticed without having people comment on this shot. I am thinking of buying an oversized polarizer and using a step down ring so that the polarizer has a larger field, especially for a wide angle lens like a 20mm. Please comment on this technique if you are aware of it. Thanks to all who have rated this image. I am flattered given the high level of work I'm seeing in this forum.

 

Matt Smith