Sunset From A Mountain

dlplumer

2600 feet above Tucson

jeffmeyers

Great composition and color, Dan!

musso

sunrise
what a beautiful image.

PixNW

I really like this. I think I would like it even more if there was a little bit of sky showing over the top of the rock formation in the upper right corner. To me it looks slightly ackwardly cropped off. Beautiful capture though.

Nikonic1

So many colors and textures! I love the sunburst also. Nice composition. ivar

dlplumer

jeffmeyers wrote:

Great composition and color, Dan!

Thanks Jeff. Appreciate that.:D

Allan FG

Great colors and light

moontan

This photo has a lot going for it, in terms of composition, contrast, and the subtle balance of color. It looks very natural. One can almost feel the sun's rays warming the early morning air, yet there's still a coolness felt in the blue sky and the stone of the foreground. You captured not only a great view, but a feeling - like certain musical chords can do (ya know?).

schmoo

Great color and composition, Dan! Can't go wrong with a Muench Star.

The flare seems a little dark to my eyes near the horizon. Were you bringing down the exposure in the sky, or recovering the highlights in the sun? I'd expect for that area to be completely white since it's, well, the sun. But it looks almost underexposed to me.

dlplumer

moontan wrote:

This photo has a lot going for it, in terms of composition, contrast, and the subtle balance of color. It looks very natural. One can almost feel the sun's rays warming the early morning air, yet there's still a coolness felt in the blue sky and the stone of the foreground. You captured not only a great view, but a feeling - like certain musical chords can do (ya know?).

Thanks very much Bob for those generous remarks. It validates the notion that HDR's do not have to look surreal or artificial.

dlplumer

schmoo wrote:

Great color and composition, Dan! Can't go wrong with a Muench Star.

The flare seems a little dark to my eyes near the horizon. Were you bringing down the exposure in the sky, or recovering the highlights in the sun? I'd expect for that area to be completely white since it's, well, the sun. But it looks almost underexposed to me.

Thanks Schmoo. I understand, and I wrestle with being "technically correct/natural" vs. surrealistic. In my eyes, the unnatural often looks better

Here is another shot from the same vantage point:

dlplumer

Nikonic1 wrote:

So many colors and textures! I love the sunburst also. Nice composition. ivar

Thanks Nikonic:D