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Superb image Zsolt. Exquisite colors, and light, nice texture and great composition.  Simply wonderful.  This is going to my favorite folder.  Regards - michel

Zsolt, I much prefer this image to the last one in the series, To me it is much stronger on composition. The lines created by the groves in the rocks are very leading. Good contrast in texture between the softness of the clouds and the harshness of the rocks. Well done

Fantastic landscape of this beautiful place high up in the mountains. The foreground rocks are very interesting to look at and very detailed. The creeping clouds and the horizon are just tremendously amazing. Congratulations!

A wonderful vantage Zsolt! This formation of rock provides immense foreground interest! The colors are strong, but believable. The low hanging clouds give the sense of being very high up. My only thoughts are wanting to see more to the right with a hint of lake or tarn already showing. Secondly, and only individual taste, is that the foreground seems bright in comparison to the balance of the scene. This is really a creative technique that draws the viewers eyes to the more interesting part of the scene, being that it is brighter. Still, it just seems slightly bright, given that the distant part of the scene has already fallen into the earths shadow. I wouldn't change a thing, however, because it is so compelling!!

your work is always well captured and presented Zsolt. This too is a wonderful shot. good detail and colour throughout

Like Mark, I would rather turn the camera something right according to the image view. That creates some tension lake hovering in the viewer, the view looking for something more there.

However, a good image, good light and tones, good contrast ....

Best regards

thanks a lot for your constructive and useful comments!

Mark: both of your observations are right. i had similar feelings, so i made a few other versions, with more space to the right and including the lake. i like that version too, i will post it right now. but keep in mind that by moving to the right i lose this composition lines what i have here. that is a whole different picture as you will see. as you pointed out, the lightning of foreground is bright compared to the background ( or rather: the sky is too dark for the rest of the image). i made 3 exposures and i have all the exposures and tones  i needed but it was extremely hard to find the right balance. because if i brighten the sky, the oranges are immediately blown out (even so are already on razor's edge); but if i darken the foreground, than the whole image will appear dark, and even it is not natural ( this is not a problem in my view) aesthetically look better in my opinion. it is indeed a good question where is the right  brightness, and the answers could be subjective. other opinions or examples are welcome.

wish you all the best.

Thanks for the picture and your idea of how you did it.  Love the strong foreground with the diagonal lines.  Perspective effect.  Learning.  Best regards,

Depending on the camera angle, you quite possibly could have panned right incrementally and then used Photoshop, ptgui or some other stitching software to make a square format pano. My guess is that your camera was tilted forward abruptly, but without distinct anchors such as a straight horizon, the software could still probably render the pano. As far as varying luminosities, well, I thought you were combing exposures by blending, but sounds like you are talking about various exposures with a grad filter. Still, with or without grads, the various exposures could be blended to taste. If you do not use manual blending, I am happy to share some techniques!!

I like this and the panorama that you posted, but I think I favor this shot. Nicely done. Regards Robert

thanks a lot, Robert.

Mark: i mentioned the 3 exposures because i blended them together manually, basically the same technique what you use i think. i was talking about how difficult it was the layering and then the tonal/contrast adjustment to achieve the right balance between background and foreground luminosity, despite i had all the necessary informations.

very good idea to stitch a pano, i havent realize this option. your thoughts always welcome.

Its a fantastic viewpoint and composition Zsolt. I looked at your landscape version and preferred this one, but unlike Mark I would have liked to see it composed with the tarn just cropped off if possible and concentrating more on the lead in of the wall on the left and the mountains and the mist. The only other thing I would suggest is maybe losing some of the blue cast on the rocks. Hope this is helpful.

Cheers, Dave.

From one point of area, you created four or five very nice photographs.  Bravo.

Cheers;

Bela

The perspective and wide angle is great - wonderful contrasts of shapes and textures as well (these dolines in a karst area covered by the lichens versus the stunning mountains and deeply floating clouds versus the awesome sky with its rich colors - awesome! - in the background). Your love and passion for nature and the wonders surrounding us has guided you here and let you trigger the shutter in the very right moment once again, I would say. Stunning, and thank you very much for this image, Zsolt. :) Hope, you did not hurt your ankles while passing these dolines... I once did in a very similar environment in the Alps, was very painful... ;)

Personaly, I agree with David on emphasizing on the rocks and lose the lake entirely! Keep it simple but strong! A great shoot again!

Best,

Yi

Very beautiful image. You have a very strong composition imo and I really like the layers of mountains and the low fog. I personally do not have a problem with seeing only part of the lake. If anything it gives the viewer something extra so they may use their imagination to add to the image as they desire. This is a 7/7 in my book. I tried to rate it but apparently you gave me a 7 recently. Thanks for that.