Evening calm

[MattBurt]

I went out hoping some light would break through around sunset between snow squalls but it never came together.
So I found this nice reflection of our nearby Tenderfoot Mountain in a ranch irrigation pond off the creek I frequent. The light was gray and soft which made me lean toward a monochrome image since there wasn't much visible color anyway.

IMGP2519-Edit by Matt Burt, on Flickr

[Paulo Bizarro]

Good image, calm and full of detail.

[Colorado David]

I have tried for a long time to get reflection images in RMNP.  You were very fortunate.  You have to have high pressure directly overhead to get such calm water.

[MattBurt]

Good image, calm and full of detail.

Thanks!

I have tried for a long time to get reflection images in RMNP.  You were very fortunate.  You have to have high pressure directly overhead to get such calm water.

Thanks and yes, it was good fortune, especially since it was snowing and windy just before and just after this moment!

[sdwilsonsct]

Good job on bringing out the structure of the hillside. A composition without foreground might enhance this.

[MattBurt]

Thanks, but I'm a big foreground fan. Love my foregrounds!

[stamper]

Very nice and I vote for the foreground to remain! The processing is spot on.

[francois]

Yes, keep the foreground… It breaks the usual reflection symmetry.

[MattBurt]

If I could change anything I'd have a little more snow on that plant in the front left. Thanks again for all the comments!

[luxborealis]

Beautiful photograph, Matt. Foreground is necessary to give the scene context. However, I would clone out the tallish plant that sticks up into the lake. I'm a nature-geek and would normally not want to do something like that, but when I look at this photograph as a piece of art, I think it should go. But that's me.