White Mountains (AZ)

Cornflake

I know there are White Mountains elsewhere. Criticism is always welcome.

Don

Art Morgan

Well done, Don. They all look good, and #2 is my fave. Thanks for sharing.

kdog

These are great, Don. Terrific skies on those first two. That third one looks like it was foggy, beautiful scene too.

Cornflake

Art, Joel, thanks. It was raining when I took the third one. I went back and took the same shot when the rain subsided but I preferred the rainy one.

DaddyO

1,3,2. Very nice overall results. Like how you dialed in just a slight amount of flow blur for the creek. Really thoughtful composition there too.

Cornflake

Thanks very much, Michael. The creeks in the area are beautiful, but it's hard to find a good vantage point from which to photograph them. This was the best I found.

Hikin' Mike

Love the series Don. I like the composition of #1. Maybe adding some contrast on #3 though?

Cornflake

Thanks, Mike. "Maybe adding some contrast on #3 though?" A very valid observation. I fooled around with the contrast for some time, separately adjusting it for foreground and background. I pushed it until the results ceased to be believable, then backed off. Not sure what else to do. It was a low-contrast scene.

Hikin' Mike

Cornflake wrote: »

Thanks, Mike. "Maybe adding some contrast on #3 though?" A very valid observation. I fooled around with the contrast for some time, separately adjusting it for foreground and background. I pushed it until the results ceased to be believable, then backed off. Not sure what else to do. It was a low-contrast scene.

Been there, done that...!

karloznz

I was wondering if the second shot could be improved by giving a pano "crop ??

Cornflake

I'll give some thought to the crop, karloznz. Thanks for the comment.

hawkeye978

Really like #1. Great colors from the sky and I like the composition with the rocks. I wonder if brightening the rocks a little to bring out some more details would improve it. Could also be my uncalibrated monitor at work.

Cornflake

Thanks, Tom.

"I wonder if brightening the rocks a little to bring out some more details would improve it."

I tried that and got horrific noise. Maybe in retrospect I should have been bracketing with an eye towards combining images, but the silhouette approach doesn't bother me.

rwells

Nice series Don

#1; I like the comp and the fact that you left dark areas dark!

#2; Love those colors together. An intriguing combination.

#3; Tranquil scene

Marc Muench

#1 is a winner!
#3 needs to be dark and moody, as it most likely was! If you lower the contrast to the entire image, then darken, when you add contrast to select areas, ( log and stream ) they will become bright enough to keep interest.

Cornflake

Randy, Marc, thanks very much for the comments. Marc, I will definitely try what you suggest. It's the kind of low-contrast shot I've always had trouble with. Your idea sounds very promising (if I don't foul it up).