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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Jeremy Roussak on March 17, 2018, 12:09:16 pm

Title: peaks
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on March 17, 2018, 12:09:16 pm

Comments?

Jeremy

Title: Re: peaks
Post by: David Eckels on March 17, 2018, 12:15:39 pm

I like it, Jeremy, but the wall of blue ice LOF takes over the image to my eye. I'd crop that out leaving just the two ice peaks and the rocks behind. I think that LOF ice is fascinating visually, but would benefit from a different composition, FWIW.

Title: Re: peaks
Post by: AnthonyM on March 17, 2018, 03:13:01 pm

I like it as posted.  Cropping out the blue wall makes for a less dramatic picture, IMHO.

Title: Re: peaks
Post by: farbschlurf on March 17, 2018, 03:26:08 pm

I like it like it is, too. But was really catches my eye is that "tunnel" to the left. That's amazing.

Title: Re: peaks
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 17, 2018, 07:45:25 pm

I like it as it is.

But, since others have the crop-o-mania bug, I thought I'd suggest one possible alternative version (which I might call "Twin Peaks."):

Title: Re: peaks
Post by: David Eckels on March 17, 2018, 09:20:44 pm

Yes! This image has so much going on, there are numerous ways to interpret it. For instance.

Title: Re: peaks
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on March 23, 2018, 03:22:31 pm

More to the left.

Jeremy

Title: Re: peaks
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 23, 2018, 04:49:43 pm

Good!

Title: Re: peaks
Post by: francois on March 24, 2018, 06:34:23 am

The intensity of the blue colors makes me imagine that there's some light source within the ice… Stunning!
Well done, Jeremy.

Title: Re: peaks
Post by: pegelli on March 24, 2018, 10:47:20 am

Two beautiful images, must have been great to go out there and witness it in real life.

Only in the second there's some strange pattern in the sky on the left that distracts a bit.

Title: Re: peaks
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on March 24, 2018, 11:10:29 am

Quote from: pegelli on March 24, 2018, 10:47:20 am

Two beautiful images, must have been great to go out there and witness it in real life.

Only in the second there's some strange pattern in the sky on the left that distracts a bit.

Thanks, Pieter. You're right about the strangeness in the sky: it's an artefact of the jpeg conversion, I think: it's not visible in Lightroom.

Jeremy

Title: Re: peaks
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on March 24, 2018, 11:12:47 am

Quote from: francois on March 24, 2018, 06:34:23 am

The intensity of the blue colors makes me imagine that there's some light source within the ice… Stunning!
Well done, Jeremy.

Thanks! Icebergs are truly bizarre. You can look out at a slate-grey sky above a slate-grey sea, yet floating in the midst of the featureless grey are brilliant white and blue bergs, looking as if they are lit from within. It's quite a sight.

Jeremy

Title: Re: peaks
Post by: PeterAit on March 24, 2018, 12:23:54 pm

Quote from: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 17, 2018, 07:45:25 pm

I like it as it is.

But, since others have the crop-o-mania bug, I thought I'd suggest one possible alternative version (which I might call "Twin Peaks."):

This is the one! I was going to join the crop-o-matics and then I saw this. The symmetry of the ice and rock peaks is perfect, and sets this photo apart from the billions of other "blue ice" photos we must endure.

I wonder, though - the blue color looks a bit too intense, and perhaps it could be toned down a bit.