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dankearl
10-14-2015, 08:38 AM
Wallow Lake, NE Oregon

iso100, 20mm, f11, 8 sec, D800

800_7487bp.jpg (http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=156117&stc=1&d=1444829843)

Rachel Hollander
10-14-2015, 06:29 PM
Hi Dan - lovely sunrise colors and I like the reflected colors too. If it were mine I would lighten everything but the sky bringing out a bit more detail in the trees on the hills and in the fg rocks. I would also crop to more of a pano. I did this very quickly. Obviously working from the raw would be better.

TFS,
Rachel

Don Lacy
10-15-2015, 06:20 PM
Hi Dan, Nice image I like the pano crop from Rachael but would not lighten the shadows anymore its looks un natural to have the far hill the same tonality as the sky. Also I would prefer a little more space around the rocks in the bottom of the frame .

Dvir Barkay
10-17-2015, 12:36 AM
Agree with Don that making it lighter would make things look a tad funny. Maybe just a tad lighter on the right hand side. Agree about more space around the rocks.

dankearl
10-17-2015, 10:29 AM
Thanks for the comments and thanks to Rachel for the repost.

Don Railton
10-18-2015, 11:33 PM
All been said Dan but I agree with the "tight on the bottom" comment mainly..

Andrew McLachlan
10-19-2015, 07:06 PM
Hi Dan...a very nice scene...Rachel took the words right out of my mouth...go with a pano crop...I might even come down a bit more with the crop to just above the main cloud.

Jonathan Ashton
10-20-2015, 07:46 AM
I would concur with the pano and also I think the water is not quite level. It really does look a beautiful place.