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Exquisite shot, Leo. I take it that this was earlier in the season as it's been a pretty dry year. I was a bit undecided about the brightest whites 2/3 of the way up the stream but then I decided it made for a nice anchor tone and composition-wise.

I like most everything about this shot except the yellow clouds seem a bit off color wise.... perhaps a bit oversaturated or dark? My eye keeps going there and that's not the primary subject matter here.

From a backpack trip last month with some smoky skies at sunset over

the Crystal Range in Desolation Wilderness. If you look closely, you

can make out my tent in the nearest patch of forest.

I like the way the branch on the right overlaps the image on the bottom. In that vein, I would try to get some overlap between the two main background images so that there is not a hard line there between the two.  And it's very very difficult to read the words. Maybe for you this is a feature, for this viewer it's kind of a bug. They end up being more distraction than anything else.

Amazing composition, Tony, with the repeating triangular shapes from top to bottom. Perfectly processed to boot. It's one thing to get a sunset like this but to pull it all together from front to back is impressive.

I like this one better also.

hey I was there last year ;-)  took a nice little tour around the village on a small motorboat. As for the photo, I think I'd crop out most if not all of the white sky.

I think all of the elements are there for a good photo... it's just the wrong time of day with the harsh light.

I really like this image... my only very minor suggestion might be to provide a little more space on the right side between the edge of the walkway and the edge of the frame (to match the space on the left side.)

I spent three nights over three weekends in the Cache Creek Nature Area in the coastal "mountains" of northern California. Wonderful place, wonderful light and the creek always seems to have foam bubbles floating on the surface that create nice dynamics in static images. Please view large and critique away ;-)

I agree with Bobby, those orphaned branches are a bit of a distraction. Other than that though a very fine layered image.

Since I figure you can handle some honest criticism I'd have to say that I don't think that this is one of your stronger images. It seems that you've tried to include too much in the frame between the foreground ice and the distant mountains/reflection (with a rather California-like, cloudless blue sky.) Plus the light is a bit unflattering on the trees on the left. Doing a browser crop I would prefer a horizontal crop/composition that just included the ice and water surface.

That being said, 99.9% of your portfolio includes images that I could only dream of making so take this critique with that perspective in mind ;-)

It's a shame that there are never any dramatic clouds in Patagonia ;-)

Thanks for commenting Gail!  I also like how the line of the chapel points at the light on the mountain in the background.

I find the colors completely believable, Harry, and I've found that it's often hard to control those intense reds and yellows.

I'd guess though that the brightest cloud in the reflection is a more accurate rendition than the yellower version up above. 

Nice work as always and a fantastic location.

Thanks to everyone that has taken the time to leave a comment; it is much appreciated.

Dave

I agree with everything Tommy said including the need for some additional contrast and some blacks.

A fine landscape, Ernest, I like the way the foreground tree's shape mirrors the volcano. I'd try and find a way to reduce the noise in the blue sky.

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A very "cool" image, Tony, lots of interesting elements to look at and a nice sense of depth. A couple of easy things to try: a crop just above the dark log on the left side and a bluing of the two white spots in the upper right, which are a bit distracting. Great work!

I can't speak for Hamid but I meant the earth in front of the lake. I don't think that I would want to crop through the large rock on the left though so I would consider just below that rock which would eliminate about half of the foreground earth. Just a minor tweak and I could see where you might want to maintain that space.

Thanks for the comment, Joscelyn. I'll go back to the original image to see if there is any thing in the sky to work with. Cheers!

I really like this composition. Seems like it could use a bit more sharpening or go the other way and do some blurring with more contrast. Rice terraces are cool.

Thanks Gail! This version has the brighter foreground now that Jeff and I were discussing. I guess I should have added it as part of a comment so that others could compare the change but this one is definitely an improvement per Jeff's suggestion.