Beinn Eighe: This is the north end of a ridge of mountain peaks called Beinn Eighe (File Mountain). -...

R.G. Loc: Scotland

This is the north end of a ridge of mountain peaks called Beinn Eighe (File Mountain).

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Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Excellent feel of a rugged and windy country, although I admit I see more than a passing resemblance to Mt Saint Helens after she blew

Terrific sky!

R.G. Loc: Scotland

Linda From Maine wrote:

Excellent feel of a rugged and windy country, although I admit I see more than a passing resemblance to Mt Saint Helens after she blew

Terrific sky!

Thanks for commenting. This area is geologically inert (I hope

) and has been for a long time. I think the main player here has been corrosion.

Whuff Loc: Marshalltown, Iowa

What a gorgeous landscape. Both the photo and the area.

Walt

R.G. Loc: Scotland

Whuff wrote:

What a gorgeous landscape. Both the photo and the area.

Walt

Thank you Walt.

R.G. Loc: Scotland

A re-do with a few tweaks. The mountain's a bit softer than I would like, probably because I had to keep the ISO up due to the wind blowing the vegetation about

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An improvement?

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ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

R.G. wrote:

This is the north end of a ridge of mountain peaks called Beinn Eighe (File Mountain).

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The foreground shows great thought on the part of the photographer. I like that tree on the left. The clouds really add to this composition and the detail in the mountain is fantastic. Has to be viewed in download to get the full effect. Well done.
Erich

R.G. Loc: Scotland

ebrunner wrote:

The foreground shows great thought on the part of the photographer. I like that tree on the left. The clouds really add to this composition and the detail in the mountain is fantastic. Has to be viewed in download to get the full effect. Well done.
Erich

Thanks. There's a small hillock just to the left of where I took this shot, and as little as one or two years ago I would have taken the shot from the top of the hillock, glad of the unobstructed view of the mountain peak. The benefits of foreground interest, natural framing, channels and leading lines have eventually filtered through to me. Now I pay as much attention to those things as I do to the main subjects (mountains etc), circumstances permitting.

PS - there's a slightly improved version above your post.

fergmark Loc: norwalk connecticut

The redo is a big improvement. It looks as though you cropped down into the sky and resized back to the original ratio. I makes the original look as if it were a squashed, and wrong. Its a very nice photo!

R.G. Loc: Scotland

fergmark wrote:

The redo is a big improvement. It looks as though you cropped down into the sky and resized back to the original ratio. I makes the original look as if it were a squashed, and wrong. Its a very nice photo!

Thanks for commenting, Mark, and well spotted. I stretched the re-do vertically because the original was taken from too low down and the angle of view was too oblique. A vertical stretch gives the same perspective as a higher viewpoint would have given. And it needed some selective contrast/clarity/sharpening to lift the softness on the side of the mountain. The original was a bit on the hazy side and some global contrast helped with that, but the mountain needed more, probably because of the distance. Normally you can't depend on sharpening to alleviate softness due to haze, but along with contrast and clarity it gives it that extra touch that makes a big difference. If you limit the extra sharpening to the hazy bits you don't have to worry about textures and fine details getting too gritty or grainy.

fergmark Loc: norwalk connecticut

R.G. wrote:

Thanks for commenting, Mark, and well spotted. I ... (show quote)

Thanks RG. I enjoy your explanations. And a really effective strategy.