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Brendan Dozier
11-22-2011, 11:07 PM
Driving up to Julian the other morning, the fog was very thick coming off of Lake Henshaw (at the SE base of Mt. Palomar), could not see more than about 20 feet in front along the roadway. I pulled over to let some faster traffic go by, and saw this pleasant misty dawn scene on my left. Crop, ACR, CS5, saturation Tried a version with more detail in dark area on left, but felt going dark helped compliment the soft light on right and gave it more impact.

7D, EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6, HH
1/250
22.0
ISO 800

Maureen Allen
11-23-2011, 01:57 AM
Wow. That is lovely, Brendan. The sweeping light and solitary tree give this a very calming, peaceful effect. Wonderful!

gail bisson
11-23-2011, 05:21 AM
This is a wall hanger Brendan. The mood created by the light and the lone tree are what makes this shot. I also like the mountain peak on the left, as it balances out the tree. I would love to see this in real life in a 36" to 48" size.
Gail

Dennis "Curly" Buchner
11-23-2011, 02:03 PM
Very nice. love the tree and mood

Robert Amoruso
11-23-2011, 02:19 PM
Brendan, Glad you tried more luminance on the left side of the image as an alternative; I might have suggested it; but I feel as presented this works extremely well. The obscured mountain on the left balances the softly lite tree Anthe right. Great transition of colors in the image.

Jay Gould
11-23-2011, 03:11 PM
A great grab!!

Brendan Dozier
11-23-2011, 08:43 PM
Thanks all, much appreciated.
Gail, I am kind of curious to see how this would look at that size. Printing is a whole other area I need to educate myself on. :S3:

Rachel Hollander
11-23-2011, 09:55 PM
Brendan - I like the comp and the ethereal softness to this. Well seen and captured.

TFS,
Rachel

Andrew McLachlan
11-24-2011, 05:22 PM
Hi Brendan, this is a very nice capture. Love the fog rolling across the scene and the way the tree really stands out. Great work!

dankearl
11-28-2011, 01:47 AM
Another thumbs up for me.
A very cool and well thought out photo.
Beautiful.

Morkel Erasmus
11-28-2011, 09:32 AM
I dig the colours here Brendan, as well as the simplistic composition. Mood to die for! Print and hang! :t3

Brendan Dozier
11-28-2011, 09:52 PM
Thanks Dan & Morkel, much appreciated.

Andrew Aveley
11-30-2011, 02:11 PM
Brendan , TOP SHOT.:eek3::Whoa!: