Laurence68 Loc: Olympic Peninsula, WA

Sorry to be overbearing on posting the same area; however, I wanted to throw in an image from the monstrous GX680II medium format camera.

Totally different perspective here.

Old Bunch Family Homestead, Quinault Valley, Olympic National Park.

This was the next day from the previous images; still sunny, so the sun popped up again through the gap on the high hills across the river for barely 10 minutes of light; we will be beyond the Sosltice soon!

The light up above was way too bright and almost directly into the sun, which was very low on the horizon, touching the hilltops beyond, so I cropped the top portion out of the transparency after scanning.

Exposed for the brightest light (sunny 16, camera has no meter), and opened up 2 stops. This still threw the trees into silhouette, but saved me from having blow-outs on the bright parts while retaining at least a moderate amount of shadow detail.

It's always a compromise.

Fuji GX680II
Fujinon 125/5.6 lens
f:22 1/60th
Fuji Provia film

(Download)

ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

I think I prefer the first image because the lighting was more dramatic. It appears that you were losing the sun a bit in this image. Still, the frost and the light on the trees is very nice.
Erich

Laurence68 Loc: Olympic Peninsula, WA

I agree. Thank you for commenting, and I appreciate your opinion.

magnetoman Loc: Purbeck, Dorset, UK

It may not have the impact of your first post but it has bucketfuls of drama Laurence.
Again with this one, I love the colours, and the silhouettes, and the shadows, and that dramatic back-drop. Also the crop.
All nicely done including, and controlled by, the exposure used. Super!

R.G. Loc: Scotland

To my eye the light and the shadows look a bit too patchy. The bright patch would possibly work better if the shadows right next to it weren't so deep, and overall I'd say the shadows are too dark and impenetrable. Also the two bright areas separated by dark shadow gives a split look to the composition. If it was mine I'd try cropping in from the right to exclude the bright area on the right and lift the central area of the shadows to reveal more detail.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

I like this. And the lit tree at the right hand side is an interesting surprise midst the shadows. I think it's an interest complement to the original one. I can see them as a pair on the wall.

Laurence68 Loc: Olympic Peninsula, WA

Thanks all. I am getting Lightroom (finally), and now will see if I can learn to fix up those shadows a little. Also, will fool around with cropping.

I really appreciate the suggestions!