Alabama Hills

I've cropped a traditional 35mm shot as the foreground was not adding much to the

composition. Being a serious XPan shooter this felt very natural to do.. Thoughts?

Superior imagen, belleza de luz y color, gran composicion, con un exclente encuadre, saludos cordiales John.

Very nice! All the elemnts are there.

nice photo, composition, detail and color, good job

6/6 Amazing landscape!

Wonderfully powerful.

Very good, very dynamic, your crop is Ok, foreground wouldn't add anything, it would take away from the shot

Wonderful shot. Regards.

Very good image. Lovely perspective and sky. And the landscape is breath-taking. Great.

Isn`t a little "too cropped"? I would like to see I think 10% of the cropped part. However, I think the best thing to do when you`ll gonna shoot something like this again, is to do it from the groung level, especially if there aren`t too much high weeds going on. Anyways, this is still a good shot. First I thought was a panoramic one :)

That's a spectacular sky and fine light. I do feel the proportions would be helped by including a bit more at the bottom of the frame, though.

 

Leigh and Darius... Thanks for the constructive feedback. For what it's worth.. I do shoot with the XPan a lot and so I made the proportions of the crop the same as it. I could add more in the bottom but there are some distractions I had to make a choice with... None the less I feel your critiques are valid and apprecaited.

Very beautiful photo. Great lighting and wonderful sky. Best regards.

I agree with Darius & Leigh: I think it is cropped just a bit too much. The whole landscape is now too close to the lower edge. Splendid photo nonetheless with a beautiful sky.

Gorgeous shot! This is not the Poconos!! :-) I need to learn to do stuff like this with my 10-22mm.

John, I've always been a fan of your Xpan work. So glad to see panoramic-type shots making an appearance in your digital portfolio! Your vision certainly hasn't suffered from your move to the digital "dark side." I like this crop. The stunning clouds deserve the focus. If there are foreground distractions in the original, I think you were right to crop them out.

Superb!

I agree with the general consensus John. Crop is just right as is light, colour. As usual spot on. The sky gives the shot a real three dimensional quality. This is atmospheric perspective at its best. Regards Ken.

 

Stupendously good - the light, clarity and detail are flawless features, while the cloud patterns and position of the mountain range couldn't be bettered. Outstanding.

Excellent shot of beautiful landscape.

Very nice; the sky and mountains are beautiful and sharp. I tend to agree that a little more foreground would be a plus. It is, after all, titled "Alabama Hills" and part of what makes the scenery there is the "weeds". I'm not one of those purists that thinks that cropping has to comply with some magic ratio.

The sky and the crop work together perfectly. The snowy mountains really add a nice dramatic flare to the image. I'm envious. Beautiful photo!

Interesting to watch you play with cropping of this image - I saw and commented on your earlier image. This does work, though I think I would also like to see a bit more of the foreground.

 

Take care,

 

Dan