#31 Opening in the Clouds

dseidman

Does this work for you guys?

I sat at this lake for more than three hours with heavy fog and cloud cover. In the late evening it suddenly broke up, revealing Mt. Rainier.
I'm open to different title ideas if anyone's got any.

Thanks for looking!

ic4u

This is a very beautiful shot Danny! I'm not so good giving feedback, so bare with me.
My only thoughts on this for theme purposes would be since the main subject is Mt Rainer thru the clouds, I don't know that you need as much of the reflection in it, maybe cropping just below the tips of the tees in the center? Just a thought. Also the title is a bit ho-humm for such a gorgeous shot, why not just call it "Revealed", or "Mt. Ranier Revealed".
Well, just my thought FWIW!

kds1

It is a lovely shot, but I don't readily see how it is Open or Closed, and therefore not sure how well the shot ties in with the challenge theme. I see what your thought process was in creating it, just not sure that the image itself carries that thought.

divamum

kds1 wrote:

It is a lovely shot, but I don't readily see how it is Open or Closed, and therefore not sure how well the shot ties in with the challenge theme. I see what your thought process was in creating it, just not sure that the image itself carries that thought.

dlplumer

divamum wrote:

+2 (beautiful shot Danny)

Netter

Beautiful shot. Makes me sad to live amoungst the corn fields.

adbsgicom

Beautiful shot. Ditto on the closed. If you have multiple exposures with the same lighting and the clouds moving around (and lots of mad photoshop skills to burn) perhaps you could synthesize a greater sense of a portal being opened in the clouds [not sure if that violates any particular rule of the challenge]. The one little cloud obscuring the top of the peak is frustrating, which is what made me think about merging multiple images.

dseidman

Thanks for the feedback, everyone! I was thinking that this might be a bit of a stretch but I'm a landscape photographer so this theme is a bit tough for me. It was worth seeing if this would work.

dlplumer

dseidman wrote:

Thanks for the feedback, everyone! I was thinking that this might be a bit of a stretch but I'm a landscape photographer so this theme is a bit tough for me. It was worth seeing if this would work.

That is no excuse Danny.:D Next time you go out, look at everything through the lens of the theme "open or closed" and you will see things very differently; and maybe come back with a challenge winner

adbsgicom

Any gaping chasms in your neighbor's yard?

Katmitchell

Danny,

It is a gorgeous capture.. I love the reflection and the sky..

However, I do agree, that it is not very strong on theme. Perhaps if there were a larger break in the clouds, but even then, the "peak" would end up dominating as the subject and not the opening..

I do hope you can get back out there and find something that works... Perhaps an opening in a tree line or maybe even a trail head? Do you know where any caves are perhaps?

Good Luck To You,

Kat

dseidman

dlplumer wrote:

That is no excuse Danny.:D Next time you go out, look at everything through the lens of the theme "open or closed" and you will see things very differently; and maybe come back with a challenge winner

Thanks for the encouragement, Dan! Usually I just go out to take pictures of things the way I see them then worry about finding a shot that might fit a challenge later on. Otherwise I'm trying to hard. I like to just get out and have fun.

dseidman

adbsgicom wrote:

Any gaping chasms in your neighbor's yard?

Actually...

dseidman

Katmitchell wrote:

Danny,

It is a gorgeous capture.. I love the reflection and the sky..

However, I do agree, that it is not very strong on theme. Perhaps if there were a larger break in the clouds, but even then, the "peak" would end up dominating as the subject and not the opening..

I do hope you can get back out there and find something that works... Perhaps an opening in a tree line or maybe even a trail head? Do you know where any caves are perhaps?

Good Luck To You,

Kat

Thanks for the feedback, Kat. As I mentioned to Dan, I'm more about going out and taking shots that fit my style then I'll try to find something that fits, retroactively. Here are a few more shots from this past weekend that are probably still a stretch but I wouldn't mind getting your thoughts anyway.

The opening to a new day (probably won't come close to fitting the theme).



Here's another moment where the clouds started to open up a bit.



Here's a bit of an opening in the treeline and also the clouds are opening up a bit to reveal the mountain.




I realize that these probably aren't much better than the original post but it's worth a try.
If anyone likes one of these, I can think up some titles.

Katmitchell

Ok,

Well in that case... If you are going to go with one of these...
and be so stubborn..rofl

Definitely the first or second one.. You will need to really nail the title to drive the point home, but these two could possibly work..

The first one reminds me of a division by a veil, and you could argue that the other side is "closed off"..

The second one, is also closing the canopy of trees off, although it would be stronger if the trees were tropical for the canopy idea.. but the clouds are shutting or closing the sun out

Good luck with it whatever you decide to do, and what a skill you have for the landscape work..


Kat

whiterice

Netter wrote:

Beautiful shot. Makes me sad to live amoungst the corn fields.

Jealous of your landscape photography skills.....

Beautifully captured!