My left foot

As far as I understand it, landscape photography usually needs some

sort of foreground to anchor the view if you have something large at

the horizon.

 

In this case, I was a bit short of things to put in the foreground,

since there were just a few rocks around, and I could not exactly bend

behind them, being 800m above ground and 3600m above sea level in a

relatively cramped place...and I thought of using my foot...does it work?

 

Your comments and criticism on this and my other mountain shots are

most welcome!

Excelente trabajo Salvatore,,, bellisimo encuadre y dificil imagen de alta montaya bien resuelta,, Ah ,,la bota muy bien, saludos.

Salvatore, I can assume that you didn't trip over your rather long shoelace on the way down. I think that this would have worked well minus the foot. I see a diagonal of the two distant peaks anchored by the FG right rocks. With that and the clear sky and cloud, it doesn't need booting along at all.

Julio, gracias por tu comentarios.

 

Jeff, thanks for the shoelace concern! it's a lace of the trouser built-in gaiter to keep dust and snow off the shoe and it is routinely put out of the way after sitting.

 

I understand you would suggest to just crop this one... but I cannot get a satisfactory amount of rock without including any foot: any proposals (apart from going back there) ?

Salvatore, there's nothing for it but to go back and do it again.

I think Jeff's right, it would look fantastic without the foot, but the foot does put a smile on my face. I get the feeling you are kicking back and enjoying the view in climber's paradise. I wish we had such massive mountains in Michigan.

The foot stays, its fun, and provides a handy lead to the ridge line.

 

What I really want to know is who your friend is, or is that a future reflection of what you'll look like if you don't get up off your backside? :-)

I like your alpine compositions Salvatore, there is not much to compose in foreground than rocks and snow at high alltitude peaks, the foot inclusion is interesting here

 

I only wish that some of the scenery you shoot would have better light conditions, I can imagine this with crosstalk orange/pink late or early sunlight, would be really powerfull stuff for sure, cheers

I agree the foot should stay , but here it is anyway ,with a little warming up. Hope you don't mind , Salvatore.

Walter! That's an amazing re-interpretation of the shot... thanks for taking the time to propose it. My left foot suddenly feels odd at the end of my leg. I also like the warmer tones, although things were more as portraited here. The problem in having warm colours at the summit is that either you make it there by dawn, usually impossible, or are still there at sunset, usually dangerous.

 

Stephan, It looks one of this chinese-restaurant statues, doesn't it?