Snake River Overlook

roaddog52

This is one from my four week road trip this past fall. C&C welcomed and appreciated.



Phil

Stumblebum

Hi Phil, I really like the cloud action and peaks and its nice b&w processing!

I know square crops are gaining popularity these days, but I like as shot, true landscapes more.
The base of the peak is prominent, and acting like horizon, so I would have used it to straighten it, but then I see that foreground is straight so tilt in peaks is natural.
So at least I would have lost the foreground grass, and used the base of the peaks to straighten it.
The snake river is bit lost due to lack of difference in tones.

Nice shot overall!

roaddog52

Stumblebum wrote: »

Hi Phil, I really like the cloud action and peaks and its nice b&w processing!

I know square crops are gaining popularity these days, but I like as shot, true landscapes more.
The base of the peak is prominent, and acting like horizon, so I would have used it to straighten it, but then I see that foreground is straight so tilt in peaks is natural.
So at least I would have lost the foreground grass, and used the base of the peaks to straighten it.
The snake river is bit lost due to lack of difference in tones.

Nice shot overall!

As always, thanks for the feedback. I went with the square crop because I wanted to emphasize the gap in the mountains and the clouds seemingly flowing out of the center. I chose the grass as the foreground because of the texture. I also didn't want the trees springing out of the bottom of the print with no apparent anchoring and to indicate I was looking across a broad river basin from one plateau to another.

Here is the complete frame.



Phil

Stumblebum

Excellent! I love the full frame and completely get why you went with square crop! The clouds emanating from the gap was noticed and still noticeable. I also get why foreground grass was left...probably would have done the same... I like the fuller version even more!

kdog

I like the full-frame shot too. The foreground trees to the right are tilting right. That combined with the horizon line under the mountains sure makes the shot look tilted, even though it may not be. I'll often "cheat" the horizon straight in circumstances like this to keep the know-it-alls from commenting (present company excluded of course! )

Stumblebum

kdog wrote: »

I like the full-frame shot too. The foreground trees to the right are tilting right. That combined with the horizon line under the mountains sure makes the shot look tilted, even though it may not be. I'll often "cheat" the horizon straight in circumstances like this to keep the know-it-alls from commenting (present company excluded of course! )

Its only cheating if you admit it! Okay!

Hikin' Mike

Pretty much sums up 'Stumblebum' mentioned (square vs landscape, and including foreground. I might tone down the sky (brightness) a bit, but that's just my personal preference.

roaddog52

kdog wrote: »

I like the full-frame shot too. The foreground trees to the right are tilting right. That combined with the horizon line under the mountains sure makes the shot look tilted, even though it may not be. I'll often "cheat" the horizon straight in circumstances like this to keep the know-it-alls from commenting (present company excluded of course! )

Thanks for looking and commenting. Fairly sure everything was level because I was set up to shoot a series of verticals for a pano. I understand the "fudging" of the horizon, have done it myself.

Hikin' Mike wrote: »

Pretty much sums up 'Stumblebum' mentioned (square vs landscape, and including foreground. I might tone down the sky (brightness) a bit, but that's just my personal preference.

Thanks, I'll look into your suggestion.