The majic hour

[daniel valovich]

I love this time of day. The black bass and stripers will start to feed on the surface soon.
Stacked vertical 1/1 x 4= 8 images using CS4
nikon d300
tamrom 11-16mm f2.8 @ 16
1/200s
f-22
iso200

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0lSa66pPKio/S-8rnUNAV9I/AAAAAAAADX4/H_m95pUnprg/s800/lennox%20pano%20x6.jpg

[Dave Mills]

Hi Daniel, As an old bass fisherman I loved that time of day also. The light is beautiful and I feel you framed the image well. The cloud coming out of the tree adds alot to the image
I might take a small bit off the top right below the 2 diagonal clouds. Also wondering how it might look with more reflection on the bottom...

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Daniel,
Doesn't appear any way to avoid the LH edge tree....so you minimized it well and have simplified this very nicely. I do hope you also composed this vertically with a longer lens length to get just the clouds/sun and tree....this would also make a strong comp. Just some food for thought next time out. Very nicely handled and composed.

[Mike Hickey]

Very nice. I agree the tree to the left bothred me at first and then I noted that it's vibration is echoed in the clouds. Perhaps a nice plus.

Mike

[Hilary Hann]

Very much to like in this beautiful landscape: colours, texture of the clouds and water, delicate nature of the winter branches, and whilst I agree that the image would be more perfect without the LH tree, nature is seldom perfect and so I rather like its' defiant inclusion.

[David Thomasson]

Magic, indeed! :D Beautifully composed and light to die for.

I only see one little patch that you apparently missed in masking. Should be an easy fix.

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/4732/missed.jpg

Just for fun I wanted to see if I could remove the tree on the left edge. With the big image and plenty of patience, I think it could be done believably.

http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/8413/magic2g.jpg

[Hilary Hann]

Heavens, well done for seeing that patch, once it was pointed out it became very obvious. Just shows how effective the finished product was, blinded by the Magic! :D

Like the repost.

[daniel valovich]

Thank you all for your advice. The benefits of this forum are starting to show in my photos.

[Robert Amoruso]

Hi Daniel,

I agree with the previous posters and David did a good job on catching the masking issue.

[Kobus Tollig]

Great scene. Ditto Dave