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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: chuckn on April 06, 2014, 10:52:21 pm

Title: Goshute Mountains
Post by: chuckn on April 06, 2014, 10:52:21 pm

This is my first post on this forum. Image is of the Goshute Mountains on the Utah/NV border. Used my Cannon 6d with a 24-70mm f4 L lens.

Title: Re: Goshute Mountains
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on April 07, 2014, 04:04:45 am

Welcome!

I think the sky is overdone. Sorry.

Jeremy

Title: Re: Goshute Mountains
Post by: francois on April 07, 2014, 04:47:09 am

Welcome on the forum.
I like it, it is dramatic but, unfortunately, I also have to agree with Jeremy about the sky. Try to tone down PP a notch and you'll end up with a fantastic image.

Title: Re: Goshute Mountains
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on April 07, 2014, 05:24:58 am

I actually like the image, sky included. Is it overdone, according to some tastes? Probably yes. But again, I think it works well, in terms of providing the image with a special feel.

Title: Re: Goshute Mountains
Post by: sdwilsonsct on April 07, 2014, 10:52:28 am

Cropping out the foreground might make the sky fit better tonally with the remaining landscape.
Welcome!

Title: Re: Goshute Mountains
Post by: chuckn on April 07, 2014, 04:12:20 pm

Thanks for the comments. Always nice to hear contrasting points of view.

Title: Re: Goshute Mountains
Post by: gubaguba on April 07, 2014, 04:15:28 pm

Hey everyone has an opinion.  Follow your heart, if you like it stick with it otherwise you are chasing your tail trying to please other people.

Title: Re: Goshute Mountains
Post by: chuckn on April 07, 2014, 04:22:41 pm

Thanks Paul. I have always been one to listen but never over react. If the advice is what fits with my vision then I'll take it.

Chuck.

Title: Re: Goshute Mountains
Post by: davidh202 on April 07, 2014, 10:51:08 pm

My take
keep the processing as is and drama of the clouds, but eliminate the heavy top half, and turn it into a Pano  that allows  lower level of clouds to compliment the mountains without the excessive top drawing the eye for attention.  This also divides the image neatly into thirds.

David

Title: Re: Goshute Mountains
Post by: chuckn on April 08, 2014, 10:14:56 am

David, I like what you did. It does balance out the image much better. Thanks.

Chuck.

Title: Re: Goshute Mountains
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on April 08, 2014, 05:27:15 pm

Quote from: chuckn on April 08, 2014, 10:14:56 am

David, I like what you did. It does balance out the image much better. Thanks.

Chuck.

Yes, it does. I think you could have left a tad more of the sky, though.

Jeremy

Title: Re: Goshute Mountains
Post by: davidh202 on April 08, 2014, 09:57:27 pm

Thanks Chuck, and welcome ! glad you liked it.
 I did not include more of the sky above the lower clouds, because they got rather dark on the left side.  You could easily 'adjust' that, if you desired  more sky ;-)

David