Goldenrod Meadow, New York

[Melissa Groo]

Canon 5d Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm, taken at 28mm
ISO 100
1/160 sec
f/9.0
Handheld

Taken down the road from my house a couple weeks ago in brilliant late day sun. Single image tone mapping in Photomatix. Straightened, brightened and sharpened in CS3.
Any comments and critiques greatly welcomed.

[Dave Mills]

Hi Melissa, Beautiful color with a very dramatic sky. The image looks sharp front to back but be aware that shooting landscapes at F9 with an object close in the foreground will probably not be sharp throughout.
I might try and tone down the very bright area in the center of the cloud since it's pulling my eye .
A cropping option would be to crop the sky down to about an inch above the main cloud....

[Melissa Groo]

Do you prefer this, Dave?

[Judy Howle]

The repost looks very good. The colors are beautiful.

[Dave Mills]

Hi Judy, Looks good to me!!

[Robert Amoruso]

Nice repost. I like how the V shape of the clouds is mimic by the V shape of the hills towards the center of the image.

[Melissa Groo]

Thanks for the comments and help!

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Melissa,
Still in the Tetons......I like the repost central cloud......but I prefer the OP crop and darker tones elsewhere. I think if you just tweak that central cloud similar to what you have in the repost.....it will work overall for me as the v is stronger in the OP. Keep Dave's f-stop in mind for when you are out in the field in the future also! Nicely done overall!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

I prefer the OP crop. Terrific perspective and very well exposed.

[Melissa Groo]

Thanks so much for all the feedback!