Black Balsam Mountain Sunrise

[Lance Warley]

Southern Appalachians.

5DII + 17-40 @ 35mm, f22, ss0.8, iso 200

[Dave Mills]

Hi Lance, sweet image!Alot to like here. First off you picked a good foreground with well pronounced leading lines that carry you forward into the image. The mountains are nicely layered which forms an interesting middleground and finally a starburst sun with a subtle ray coming right at the viewer.
Beautiful early light along with well framed composition. Very well done Lance!

[denise ippolito]

Lance, The layers and colors in this are fantastic. I like the way you have framed it. Just beautiful!

[Dennis "Curly" Buchner]

Love the foreground rocks and texture, then the mountain layers really make the image. Good Job!

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Lance,
You crushed this one!!!! Great placement and flow all around and the subtle layers are killer!!!!

[Harold Davis]

ditto roman! killer job, lance!!!

[Grady Weed]

Lance, Most of the comments cover my thoughts on this very well done image. Breathtaking was my first thought. I love the early light, star burst, single ray light, the mountains with just enough to distinguish them from each other. Good colors and well placed rocks for the foreground. A winner.

[Nick Palmieri]

Can't say more than was already said. This one really works. I love the fact that you were able to successfully get an interesting FG, MG, and BG and expose it and frame it perfectly!

[Charles Glatzer]

Stunning image!

If desired you could use the Brush tool with Color blend mode to minimize the red color flare on middle rock face without effecting underlying detail.

Tip-when using the Brush tool hold the ALT/Option key to change the brush to an eye dropper, thereafter click within image to select foreground color. Use as above.

Best,

Chsa

[Gerald_Gilligan]

Lance,
Everything works for this great image!

Jerry