Mid-Summer's Night Dream

Many Glacier & Swiftcurrent Lake f18, 2.5 sec exposure. Storm

clouds toward sunset provided constantly changing lighting - the only

thing predictable was that it would be memorable. Single exposure,

movement of my grad. prevented any sharp transition line.

 

I was torn regarding the composition. The dramatic light was to the far

right, but Grinnell Point was receiving the last bit of sun and looked

might dramatic. If I had changed my position farther to the left to

capture better light, less of Grinnell Point would have been visible and

darker shadows would have dominated the right. This was a bit of a

compromise.

 

Comments suggestions welcome

Landscape photography always requires some compromise Harry, and I think you made a good compromise here. Your composition was excellent, you maintained excellent foreground detail, and captured a beautiful sky. Excellent work Harry!

All the best,
Neil

A stunning, highly aesthetic landscape image and work. Very well observed, captured, composed and edited. Overwhelming reflections, alpenglow and lights. Very good colors and contrasts of colors. BR / Volker

Beautifull trademark work again Harry,spot on exposure and excellent composition and reflections,very nice work,Harry

Harry. More or less was already told about your photo. Great colours, nice details etc. But I would like to add that even you're looking for light and dramatic sky you were still focused enough to get almost perfect ROT. And even more, reflection is IMO more powerful than "original". Congrats. VS

I think you made a fair compromise, one I would have probably made myself given the same scene. When in this situation, it is so easy to fall into the desire to take it all in. No doubt, you could have panned to the right to bring the crepuscular light to the right third and provide some breathing room. In that case, excluding Grinnell would have been necessary, but I don't think it would have been a bad choice either. Monday morning quarterbacking is a syndrome I have dealt with ever since starting photography. I honestly feel you would have realized a stronger, yet more concise arrangement with that framing. What you have here, however, is already so stunning that it needs no second guessing. I will say that the rock in the lower right is glowing red and seems more a distraction than an asset. What stands out most for me is the center peak with alpenglow raking across it's face. Overall, your trip to Glacier has yielded some fantastic photography. As usual Harry, you have captured the feeling and drama of the location and transported us there. I have vicariously enjoyed the journey!

Mark - That's lichen on the rock, and does look a bit bright down there. Looking back, I wish I had taken a vertical of this same shot, with just Grinnell Point and Moutn Gould at the left, with the peak centered between the 2 smaller rocks in the water.  Everything was a bit numb in order to get me and the camera, tripod into this position - I was hesitant about trying to move!  I would have needed to move slightly to my right to create that view.  Oh well, maybe next time.

Harry

Lovely and thoughtfully composed and treated - I love the contrasts between foreground and background and the depth in POV and water you've achieved here.