oregon 2013 Crater Lake

Large view available. I'd appreciate your comments on this pano of

Crater Lake in Oregon. It was captured in the morning. Fortunately, I

had a partly cloudy day. Thanks in advance for taking the time to

comment. Larry

Larry I really like this pano of the crater lake. You must have done some climbing to get this terrific  vantage point. More than twenty eight years ago I tried a shot from the road (some snow was still on the ground during my summer visit) with velvia slide film and my Nikon FTN (which I still have) with far less success than this terrific shot.

I am looking at the gold tone of the clouds and if they looked like that then leave 'as is'. If not, would you consider increasing  blue a bit (+5?) and reduce red just a tad. The larger view is excellent but it caused me to ask you whether you would want to revisit the right bottom side - if you wish.

I look forward to more of your Oregon trip images. Did you get to visit the sand dunes of Oregon?

A very impressive panorama image - viewed large it really comes into it's right.

Tony,  thanks for your visit and helpful insights.  The clouds had this brownish cast when I changed the image to auto white balance.  I thinking of how to just change the white balance of the clouds without affecting the rest of the image?  About the bottom right you are correct. I did a less than terrific job of cloning out some distracting stuff.  I will revisit the original image and see what I can do to fix this.    Thanks again for your help.  Oh, I hiked up to "The Watchman" observation deck, about 1.6 mi round trip to get this.   Larry

Svend,  Many thanks for your visit and comment.  Without such feedback it's difficult to get beyond ourselves with our photography.  As Ansel Adams said, there are at least two people present in every image, the photographer and the viewer.   Best to you.  Larry

Larry - thanks for the update. In the future, my comments will be much more succinct.  When i think that I am being helpful, I run the risk of alienating people. And on a social network photo site, that is not a good thing.

All the best,

Hi Larry,

  Wow...amazing scene with beautiful colors & details.   I hope to see Oregon one day.  Take care, Patsy

Tony,  No need to worry about succintness or offending me.  I appreciate good criticism and notations of blatant problems that I overlook.  It's kind of like proofreading.  We read over stuff ten times and don't find the errors.  Someone else with a good eye does.  Larry

Patsy,   Thanks for your comment and visit.  Crater Lake is  dramatic and conveys a significant geolological lesson in addition to its natural beauty.   It is the deepest lake in North America at a depth of over 1900 feet.  It is the caldera created by the eruption of Mt. Mazama about 800 years ago (not exact time.)  As national parks go, I think there are many others that have far more to do with better hiking and viewpoints.  Oregon also has many other wonderful places to enjoy and photograph.  Sorry for my verbosity.   Thanks again.  Larry

Great shoot and stunning view...
best regards
/RA