Early Morning at Two Jack Lake

[Dave Mills]

This was shot not far from Banff. The shoreline to the right of the log would not normally be there but the water was so low I could walk out to that point.
Nikon D200 24-120 lense iso 400
F22 1/30, 0 comp, 2 stop split tripod mtd

[Paul Marcellini]

Love the blue and gold combo Dave. I like the comp, but wish for a touch of separation between the mountain and tree roots. Not a deal killer though. Might try a touch more sharpening for web too. Otherwise, great capture of a wonderful scene.

[Grady Weed]

I too sometimes do not see the aforementioned type of thing as Paul did. I have always wanted to travel around with an 8 ft step ladder in my truck and get a different bird eye view of some images. the Portland Headlight being one of them. That brings me to the point here. Back packing in a ladder is impractical. So maybe standing up is the only option, thats if you were crouching down in the first place.

Other than that small point, good image.

[Robert Amoruso]

Furthering the discussion on vantage point, maintaining the height the image was taken at, I would have moved right to get the tree and the golden mountain separated.

Very cool image as mentioned. You balanced the important elements well and the tree trunk is a great leading line plus a diagonal. Nice work.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Dave,
Sweet light and great use of the split ND:D......I vote for the 8 ft ladder thing:eek:.......impractical yes.....but it would be handy! On a serious note.....did you move right? Like Paul said......not a deal killer.....but seperation would have helped imrove even further.

[Dave Mills]

Hi Roman, Very simple fix...just clone it out...