A dusting of snow and reflection in the desert

Eia

This was a hard shot for me. I wanted to capture the over all scene; Shadows, detail, distance, lighting made it rather difficult. I used a 200 mm lens. The clouds were/are noisy but this is what i got!

clickin girl

This is a beautiful shot! I love the reflection in the water and the shadows from the clouds. Wonderful shot!

TreyHoff

Love the mix of shadow and light, green and white.

christinamae

Outstanding image!

denisegoldberg

Beautiful!

--- Denise

grimace

christinamae wrote: »

Outstanding image!

I agree. Wonderful image!!

Z6I

Nice shot! Have you thought about converting it to B&W? I tihink it could really pop.

SOB

I like it ... the B&W idea is a thought you should look at too.

annnna8888

Beautiful! Love the play of light and shadow on those green hills. When I first opened this post, I only saw the top part of the photo and had to scroll down a little bit to see the whole thing. Maybe you could try out a version with the cropped out water to see which one was more powerful.
In either case, a stunning image!

Ana

jackiejay

Beautiful Image you did a great job capturing it

Sexy6Chick

You nailed this shot! You captured it wonderfully.

Eia

clickin girl wrote: »

This is a beautiful shot! I love the reflection in the water and the shadows from the clouds. Wonderful shot!

TreyHoff wrote: »

Love the mix of shadow and light, green and white.

christinamae wrote: »

Outstanding image!

denisegoldberg wrote: »

Beautiful!

--- Denise

grimace wrote: »

I agree. Wonderful image!!

jackiejay wrote: »

Beautiful Image you did a great job capturing it

Sexy6Chick wrote: »

You nailed this shot! You captured it wonderfully.

Thank you all very much; I appreciate the comments. I am glad it turned out alright.

Eia

annnna8888 wrote: »

Beautiful! Love the play of light and shadow on those green hills. When I first opened this post, I only saw the top part of the photo and had to scroll down a little bit to see the whole thing. Maybe you could try out a version with the cropped out water to see which one was more powerful.
In either case, a stunning image!

Ana

I never thought about a cropped version. I'll have to try that1 Thank you for the suggestion and comment.

Eia

Z6I wrote: »

Nice shot! Have you thought about converting it to B&W? I tihink it could really pop.

SOB wrote: »

I like it ... the B&W idea is a thought you should look at too.

I have thought of a B & W version! It is on my list of to do's once I get through the color versions!

karlabbott

I love the level of detail and light play in this shot -- my eye keeps searching for new things to look at in this one -- it just draws you right in.

Eia

karlabbott wrote: »

I love the level of detail and light play in this shot -- my eye keeps searching for new things to look at in this one -- it just draws you right in.

thank you very much. My eyes too search for new things. But - I still think it needs a 'pop' in something.

ront

Very nice Eia!! I like the shadows of the clouds playing on the hills below, as well as the dusting of snow.

Ron

Jason Hermann

Excellent image all around! for a critique, perhaps a tad more contrast?

Best,
Jay

Eia

ront wrote: »

Very nice Eia!! I like the shadows of the clouds playing on the hills below, as well as the dusting of snow.

Ron

Jason Hermann wrote: »

Excellent image all around! for a critique, perhaps a tad more contrast?

Best,
Jay

Thanks guys - yea, maybe a tad contrast.

rjx

Absolutely beautiful! I admire how you used a tele for the landscape. Many people insist on using uwa for all landscapes and trying to cram in as much as they can into the frame.
Wonderful composition but I really enjoy all the contrast.

schmoo

Like everyone else said, you hit everything on this shot. Great job!

Doug Solis

Love the light you were blessed with, it adds so much depth to this beautiful image.

Eia

rjx wrote: »

Absolutely beautiful! I admire how you used a tele for the landscape. Many people insist on using uwa for all landscapes and trying to cram in as much as they can into the frame.
Wonderful composition but I really enjoy all the contrast.

Thanks much, I enjoy using both a uw and 200 mm lens but I use the 200 as much as the uw. sometimes it gives a 3-D look especially with layers of mountains.

Eia

schmoo wrote: »

Like everyone else said, you hit everything on this shot. Great job!

Doug Solis wrote: »

Love the light you were blessed with, it adds so much depth to this beautiful image.

Thanks much - just being able to view such beauty is a blessing. There is a white band on the left side over the mountain ridge that is bothersome...

BUT...

I should mention that I processed this from a jpg AND on my iPad - not too bad for that thing; I think it can be promising.