Flowing

This glacier in the Swiss Alps seem to have known better times, and is

receding and melting away, maybe for ever. At sunset, this gave a

quite strange feeling. It conveyed imponence in its flow, but also

presented itself helpless in front of the hotter and hotter summers.

 

What do you think in front of it? Comments and suggestions much

appreciated.

I like the soft light that brought out the textures; especially, in the foreground. The leading lines are distinct and brought the eyes to the golden peaks on the far end.

 

A closer shot that will make the foreground more dramatic may add more value to the composition. Just a thot ...

Good composition and just the right time (light)... Jiri

Nice compo of colors and lights Regards

I am tempted to go for a more veritcal crop, to bring out the power of the ridge line better, as well as a slight increase in brightness and contrast.

 

The lightning is great, and works well with the notion of a dying glacier...

Stephen, thanks for your time. In your crop the vlowing is enhanced, and presented along the line of the ridge. This is visually appealing, but makes me feel uncomfortable since the real scene was far more extended with the glacier far more to the left. Still, you made me think about it from an unbiased point of view. Very interesting. Thanks again.

Very beautiful and natural colors on this one too. I remember the mountains of the Val d'Anniviers late summer '03. Arid and naked exactly like here. Climatic shift couldn't be more obvious. Thank you (like always) for sharing.

Thick black frames interfere most of your images, I've seen that a couple of viewers suggested the same on two different shots: it seems to me that it should be thinner. Probably it could work on some shots, but not all.

 

On the other side, I see that many of the here posted images lacks of definition, apparently a result of not-so-right compression process. I think that particularly this glacier could look much better with a razor-sharp, neat image. Probably the original is so.

 

Compositionally, it's not easy to imagine the size of that glacier, something that even beeing in such places is difficult to grasp. Was it possible to ask somebody to stand nearer to include a human figure, to have a better idea of the dimensions...?