Alaskan Landscape C&C: Looking for some C&C on this photo, Specifically do the rocks have enough detail and light on them , I am not looking to make them bright. How is the...

Emm5

Looking for some C&C on this photo, Specifically do the rocks have enough detail and light on them , I am not looking to make them bright. How is the composition? Is the sky to bright to dark etc.
For all the landscape photographers out there how can I make this Better?
Thanks for your help.
Nikon d600 16-35mm @16 f7.1 ISO 400 ss 1/80

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nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

:thumbup: I like it Emm5. I suppose you could lighten the shadow areas up a bit for more detail in them, but the sky is exposed perfectly IMHO! Nice composition that leads the viewer's eye into the picture nicely.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

I really like the mood - gentle, but stark. The composition seems nicely balanced, with interest in the repeating diagonal lines of the mountains. Even on my 11" chromebook, the exposure looks good. Beautifully done!

MontanaTrace

Oh yeah, this is good both visually and emotionally.

imageal Loc: Ocala, FL

I agree with the other comments about the mood. Just for your comparison though, here is a version that I lightened the rock shadows by adjusting the Shadows slider in Adobe Camera Raw to +40. It not only defined the individual rocks but it also added some definition to the mountains at left.

Revised version

Emm5

nimbushopper wrote:

:thumbup: I like it Emm5. I suppose you could lighten the shadow areas up a bit for more detail in them, but the sky is exposed perfectly IMHO! Nice composition that leads the viewer's eye into the picture nicely.

Thank you !

Emm5

imageal wrote:

I agree with the other comments about the mood. Just for your comparison though, here is a version that I lightened the rock shadows by adjusting the Shadows slider in Adobe Camera Raw to +40. It not only defined the individual rocks but it also added some definition to the mountains at left.

Thank you for your input, when I look at it on my Mac it's much lighter than in this site. I like your version.

Emm5

Linda From Maine wrote:

I really like the mood - gentle, but stark. The composition seems nicely balanced, with interest in the repeating diagonal lines of the mountains. Even on my 11" chromebook, the exposure looks good. Beautifully done!

Thank you Linda

ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

Emm5 wrote:

Looking for some C&C on this photo, Specifically do the rocks have enough detail and light on them , I am not looking to make them bright. How is the composition? Is the sky to bright to dark etc.
For all the landscape photographers out there how can I make this Better?
Thanks for your help.
Nikon d600 16-35mm @16 f7.1 ISO 400 ss 1/80

I know you can't go back and re-shoot; but here is my take on this very nice photo. I don't particularly care for the horizon to be right in the middle. Since cropping the bottom or the top to move the horizon would take a lot of detail and drama out of the composition, I would have tried to get as low as possible to those rocks. (I was not there and don't know if this is even possible). That perspective would have given you the rocks and the sky and maybe put the horizon higher in the frame which would be more pleasing to my eye.

alandg46 Loc: Boerne, Texas

ebrunner wrote:

I know you can't go back and re-shoot; but here is... (show quote)

But that would reduce the amount of water, the rocks would be covering more of it. The water adds a lot of mood to the total scene.

I like it the way it is.

blacks2 Loc: SF. Bay area

I find the image perfect, it shows me a typical dreary Alaskan day.

ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

Great shot Emm.

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

blacks2 wrote:

I find the image perfect, it shows me a typical dreary Alaskan day.

Emm5, when Mikey likes it pay attention. He is the master landscape photographer on this site.

NormPR

I was there last September and it was like that every day for the ten days I was there, hardly took any photos. My daughter, who lives there, said the sun came out the day after I left. I hope it is better this year, I am going for ten days through Thanksgiving week.

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

NormPR wrote:

I was there last September and it was like that every day for the ten days I was there, hardly took any photos. My daughter, who lives there, said the sun came out the day after I left. I hope it is better this year, I am going for ten days through Thanksgiving week.

Get an optech rain shield for your camera and lens(very cheap) so that you can still take pictures while it's raining!