Marsh Lake Morning

This was the morning view from my campsite on a recent backpacking

trip. I used a 2-stop hard GND to keep the peaks from blowing out,

which I might not have needed because the lighting was already soft

from clouds diffusing the rising sun behind me. This was shot with

my Canon 20D but I also shot lots of Velvia 50 at the same time so

I'm curious how they'll compare when I get my film back. The

wilderness RULES!

Excellent Brian. The mirror stillness of the lake is intoxicating - pity about the tree! As in a gallery, it's a picture you need to stand back from to enjoy.

The tree - that's the only problem. I love this time of the day for photographying scenes like this - you used the Grad ND nicely. Composition can be improved

Hi Brian,

Great job on this photo. What a lovely scene. I very much like the nature of the light on those peaks. Wilderness does rock!

Not that it bothers me much, but the Grad ND may have been almost a little too strong. The reflection looks almost lighter to me than the peaks that are being reflected which would be unnatural. Should be easy to correct for in PS though.