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Mt. Clements silhouette

jdmphotojdmphoto Registered Users Posts: 159 Major grins
edited September 12, 2007 in Other Cool Shots
I took this photo just after the sun went down behind Mt. Clements.
I like it as is but am wondering if it would have been better if the foreground wasn't so dark, Any thoughts or suggestions?
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    DaddyODaddyO Registered Users Posts: 4,466 Major grins
    edited September 10, 2007
    I think shots like these can and do work well enough on their own. A person might want to play around with cropping to taste and see if more power could be added by doing so. Might also saturate the blue and see if that adds anything you like. My crop took out the tree to the far left and was just above the remaining tree to the left. That took out a lot of the blue sky upper left and placed the brightess part of the sun more left in the frame. Just a thought.

    Good shot on its own.
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    jdmphotojdmphoto Registered Users Posts: 159 Major grins
    edited September 10, 2007
    DaddyO wrote:
    I think shots like these can and do work well enough on their own. A person might want to play around with cropping to taste and see if more power could be added by doing so. Might also saturate the blue and see if that adds anything you like. My crop took out the tree to the far left and was just above the remaining tree to the left. That took out a lot of the blue sky upper left and placed the brightess part of the sun more left in the frame. Just a thought.

    Good shot on its own.

    Thank you very much.bowdown.gif
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    Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited September 10, 2007
    This looks mejestic clap.gif
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    schmooschmoo Registered Users Posts: 8,468 Major grins
    edited September 10, 2007
    These days when I see a scene like that I itch to move just a bit further back to get a Muench Star over the crown of that peak! :D Otherwise I think that the shapes of the trees make for a pleasing silhouette. Though I do think the composition is a little top-heavy, I am not left wishing for details in the shadows. thumb.gif
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    SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited September 10, 2007
    jdmphoto wrote:
    I took this photo just after the sun went down behind Mt. Clements.
    I like it as is but am wondering if it would have been better if the foreground wasn't so dark, Any thoughts or suggestions?

    Its a lovely shot, I'm with Schmooo on this, the Marc Muench Star would have really set this shot off thumb.gif

    Click on the link in Schmooo's reply and check it out.

    I like the shot the way it is, a star burst would have just made it more pleasing to the eye :D .... Skippy :D
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    jdmphotojdmphoto Registered Users Posts: 159 Major grins
    edited September 10, 2007
    schmooo wrote:
    These days when I see a scene like that I itch to move just a bit further back to get a Muench Star over the crown of that peak! :D Otherwise I think that the shapes of the trees make for a pleasing silhouette. Though I do think the composition is a little top-heavy, I am not left wishing for details in the shadows. thumb.gif

    Thank you schmooo, I will definitely have to try the Muench star next
    time and thanks for including the link.:D
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    jdmphotojdmphoto Registered Users Posts: 159 Major grins
    edited September 10, 2007
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    This looks mejestic clap.gif
    Thanks, It is Mt. Clements taken from Logan pass in Glacier National Park.
    I'm glad you liked it.
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    jdmphotojdmphoto Registered Users Posts: 159 Major grins
    edited September 12, 2007
    Skippy wrote:
    Its a lovely shot, I'm with Schmooo on this, the Marc Muench Star would have really set this shot off thumb.gif

    Click on the link in Schmooo's reply and check it out.

    I like the shot the way it is, a star burst would have just made it more pleasing to the eye :D .... Skippy :D
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    Thanks for the comment Skippy. After giving it some thought I will definitely give the Muench star a try next time although in the case of this photo it seems to me that it would have made it seem gimicky. Anyway next time the oportunity arises I will try it with and without the star to see what I prefer. Thank you again.:D
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