Nisqually Glacier
Another at Mt Rainier at sunrise.
I got up at 6 to get this high on the mountain for daybreak.
A lovely hike (2000 feet on a pleasant morning).
Wildflowers, Marmots, Deer, hard to ask for more.
Used in camera flash in foreground.
.4 sec
f22
iso200
19mm (nikon 18-105 w/ CP)
DSC_1641nx.jpg
Dan Kearl
It's a beautiful scene. I would like to experience it in person
The three paintbrush tops peeking in the bottom of the frame bother me. I tried cropping them and the sickly looking tree on the far left, but that still left the tops of the trees just left of the paintbrush sticking up.
Dan,
I find the scene pleasing but bothersome in the FG. Cropping more as was done in the repost is not the answer. Including more FG in the original exposure may have worked if you were able to obtain acceptable sharpness from near to far. I think in this instance, a different location with a cleaner FG was needed.
The brighter portions of the mountain top look to be handled well in the exposure but the darker and in shade areas are too dark. One thing that could have been done was two exposures, one for bright mountain top and one for the remainder of the image and blending them in PS on two separate layers. Not HDR, just a combination of the two exposures using masking.
Other option here is to lighten scene with a curves selection and mask out the top of the mountain using a gradient mask, or painted mask at variable opacity.
Dan - I'm enjoying your shots of Mt. Rainier. Nice early light on the mountain and glacier. I agree though about the fg. Good suggestions as always by Robert.
TFS,
Rachel
Hi Rachel, I agree with Robert's critique. It looks like a beautiful location. You could always try a re-do based on Robert's two exposure idea and create the two images in ACR - adjusting on the the highlights and the other for the shadows and then blend the two in photoshop.
Sorry Dan, I thought this was one of Rachel's. My apologies.
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Thanks all for comments and critiques.
Just in front was a gravel bank so I tried to squeeze in the flowers.
I am always learning something here.
Dan Kearl
Dan, following along on the "clean lower edge" principle, if you wanted to include the foreground as a significant part of the image, then a much lower view with, perhaps, the red flows sharply focused and a prominent anchor would work.
Jeff, it appears to me that you significantly changed the color of the sky.
Cheers, Jay
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great image . comments very enlightening.
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