Mount Mangart at sunset

The Mount Mangart reflect in the still waters of the upper lake of

Fusine Valromana in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy. Probably one of the

best spot in the Giulian Alps, this glacial lake and the surrounding

conifer forest are just a gold mine of photo opportunity. I only had a

chance of taking a few pics at sunset last Tuesday, but I will

certainly get back there very soon, probably this coming October. It

must be a treat to be there with the larches in autumn dress.

Your C&C are as always highly appreciated, thanks in advance for your

time.

Details: Eos 50D, Tokina ATX-Pro 12-24 f4, GND 8x, tripod. 1/15 @ f8,

stitched from 6 vertical frames.

Stunning!

Beautiful image Paolo and great processing work.  I love the clarity and the vibrance of colors.  Nice reflection and classic composition.  Regards - michel

A beautiful image indeed - well done!

Beautiful

Stunning image Paolo!

A great landschape and a classic but very good composition, Paolo.

The colour boost (at least, I suppose) in the area of the rocky mountains gives an interesting, warm touch to the photo. Nice contrast with the dark tones of the forests.

I'm personally less keen on the sky: the blue looks a bit overdone to me, with a gradient that does not look natural in my opinion. I also think you oversharpened the photo. Consequence: a loss of detail in the sunlit rocks (in spite of the above-mentioned beaufitul light falling on them, their textures do not show clearly) + there are artefacts (pixels) visible around the mountain tops.

Just my personal opinion, of course. Feel free to (dis)agree ;o).

Kind regards,

Erik

Very beautiful scene and nice capture of it. Bravo.

Hamid.

I like this one even better than the other one, Paolo!  The alpenglow on the rocks really add to the scene.  I also like the rocks in the foreground (a very pleasing composition).  Your sharpening is not working too well and really hurts your presentation.  I'm not sure what's going wrong but it looks like the radius is too large and the effect is too strong.  It makes the small details look a little muddled and leaves halos on the strong edges. That, of course, has nothing to do with the quality of the photo, just the presentation.  I would love to see a very large version or a print of this.