Mt. Fuji

[mdg]

Please critique...thank you (bow)

[Harald L]

+1 Very impressive. Emphasizes the magic of Mt. Fuji.

[mdg]

+1 Very impressive. Emphasizes the magic of Mt. Fuji.

Thank you...I'm glad you like it (bow)

[francois]

Simply stunning! I love the black sky and the light/dark foreground. Mount Fuji is like a jewel in its case.

[Chris Calohan]

Very nice. Stunning but not overpowering.

[Riccardo]

As your first picture posted, I really like this one, even more, but (as in your first picture) I feel something unconvincing in the sky. (maybe over-processed?)

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Excellent!

[Dave (Isle of Skye)]

I really like this shot, the B&W rendering is quite simply superb, not too sure about the big slab of black ground middle right, but in the sky I think the blackness really works well, because it has balance across the image, whereas the weight of the black mid ground hillside, makes the shot look a little right hand heavy to me.

But the balance issue aside, I really, really like it.

Dave

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

I like it a lot. It has the look I would expect if Ansel photographed Mount Fuji. And that dark, Ansel-like sky may be what some are complaining about. But for me it works perfectly.

Eric M.

[Riccardo]

I looked at the picture again and I realized that what perplexes me is not the darkness of the sky, but the fact that it suddenly becomes black.
The transition between the lightness and the darkness of the sky seems to me that betrays the intervention of the author.
Obviously we are talking about nuances and this shows indirectly the goodness of the image.

[RSL]

What Eric said. . . +1.

[mdg]

not too sure about the big slab of black ground middle right

I think you have a good point...i'll try to work on that...thank you

[mdg]

I did my best to apply balance in everything for this shot.  Probably with enough experience and your guidance, I can still improve.

Thank you all so much for your comments...I'm really enjoying sharing my work here...I hope to get better.

[Jeremy Roussak]

Stunning.

But I agree with Dave about the centre-right.

Jeremy

[Michael West]

Bravo. You have redefined an icon.

[mdg]

not too sure about the big slab of black ground middle right

For some reason, I feel it is better with the big slab of black

[Riccardo]

For some reason, I feel it is better with the big slab of black

I agree!

[Rob C]

I'm beginning to understand that the world isn't as we believed: why else would Kilimajaro in Tanzania seem to be the melting, opposite side of Fuji in Japan?

Rob C

[mdg]

I'm beginning to understand that the world isn't as we believed: why else would Kilimajaro in Tanzania seem to be the melting, opposite side of Fuji in Japan?

Sorry I forgot the name of this Lake but I was standing on a viewing spot for tourist. 

I prefer going to Lake Yamanakako where most photographers (I presume) go for ground level shot of Mt. Fuji (attached image)