I photographed this right before the first light hit the mountains at Oxbow in early October. It was our anniversary and one of the most beautiful mornings I've ever seen. I had a wider angle lens on my D2Xs mounted on the tripod and took this and several tighter images handheld with the D2X and 70/200mm.
Comments and critiques welcome.
Nikon D2X
Nikkor 70/200mm
1/80s
f2.8
70mm
ISO320
Last edited by Gayle Clement; 02-04-2008 at 12:26 PM.
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Thanks, Gary. I processed in Capture NX to adjust levels and curves and used a Nik graduated ND filter to intensify the sky a bit. Sharpening and resizing in PS. It was an incredible morning.
Have you tried from Scott Kelby's book -Dave's technique to find neutral grey? Its works quite well on landscapes and great blue herons. I think incredible is an understatement.
I like use of the leading lines of the lake to guide the view into and around the image. The colors are great and the pink sky at top a nice touch with the gray fog below leading into the mountains. The mountain's reflection is subtle and effective.
Perfectly processed, gorgeous light and a lovely range of colors throughout. Your composition is almost there, but too much of the mountain is cutoff on the right side leaving the image a little unbalanced. The conditions you photographed here are amazing.