So after my experience with the sunsets and sunrises of the west coast of Florida I decided to go back and look at some of the landscapes I took in Alaska this past summer. I was in Anchorage for a bore tide and drove out along Cook Inlet and Turnagain Arm to see it. While waiting for the tide to reach me, I played around taking some shots of the mudflats of Cook Inlet and the Alaska Range, which are just under a 100 miles away. The sun was peeking through and hitting the mountains way off.
Canon 50D
70-200 f4 @ 73mm
1/640
f10
ISO 200
Cropped to pano, levels adjustment, decreased contrast, USM applied and NR in CS5.
Hi Rachel, very interesting subject matter. This type of comp lends itself to many ideas. Your framing appears fine to me but I can also see it as a tighter pano with the dark sky just framing the top. If this were mine I would see what it looked like with the mountains having a bit more contrast so they would stand out a bit more. Another idea is to crop a bit off the rt.
I like the remote feel of the image!!
Hi Rachel, this is a very nice image, love the comp and the distant light. I agree with Dave that a little more contrast in the mountains would make them stand out a little better. Nice one!
Thanks Dave, Dave and Andrew for the kind comments. Interestingly, I had purposely decreased the contrast in the OP because I thought the light on the mountains looked better and more like I remembered it with the reduced contrast. I'll revisit the issue.
Here's a repost with the suggested boost in contrast applied selectively to the mountains and another round of USM applied to the mountains and clouds.
Very nice wide open scene & composition, Rachel. Like how the mudflats contrast with the mountains. The repost makes it an even stronger image. Well done!
I really love this image. I took so long to comment as I wanted to see it on my home computer and have only been working from an iPad this past week.
Hey, I am Mr. Contrast when it comes to monochrome images but I feel the original post better conveys to me how I feel when I am in AK on an overcast day viewing such scenes. I do like the additional sharpening of the mountains.
I you do settle for more contrast in the clouds, i would suggest something in between the two posts.
Well done compositionally. It all flows well horizontally with a good selection of textures creating a nice layered appearance.
Thanks Robert, much appreciated. Btw the monochrome image is as it was at that particular time in that particular place. This is the "color" version, no conversion made. Although I actually did do a b&w conversion of another shot from the same time frame and it isn't much of a difference, maybe a little less green. Just wanted to clarify. It was really one of those gray days that Alaska is known for.