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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: MGH on August 18, 2014, 06:03:45 am

Title: First light over Aigüestortes
Post by: MGH on August 18, 2014, 06:03:45 am: Taken in the Spanish Pyrenees.

Thanks for looking, C&C welcome.

Mark

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5566/14846364773_dc76142398_b.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/marcodemalaga/14846364773/)
Aigüestortes (https://www.flickr.com/photos/marcodemalaga/14846364773/) by marcodemalaga (https://www.flickr.com/people/marcodemalaga/), on Flickr
Title: Re: First light over Aigüestortes
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on August 18, 2014, 08:15:56 am: Very pretty indeed. I'm not sure that the rock in the foreground brings anything to the party, though: I'd crop just above it, leaving the wonderful symmetry of the mountains and their reflection.

Jeremy
Title: Re: First light over Aigüestortes
Post by: francois on August 18, 2014, 08:23:55 am: Quote from: kikashi on August 18, 2014, 08:15:56 am
Very pretty indeed. I'm not sure that the rock in the foreground brings anything to the party, though: I'd crop just above it, leaving the wonderful symmetry of the mountains and their reflection.

Jeremy

I think that the only reason to include that rock is to break the symmetry. I would probably also lose the rock.
Title: Re: First light over Aigüestortes
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 18, 2014, 11:38:32 am: OK, I'll be a contrarian. I like the rock. And the photo.
Title: Re: First light over Aigüestortes
Post by: francois on August 18, 2014, 11:47:00 am: Quote from: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 18, 2014, 11:38:32 am
OK, I'll be a contrarian. I like the rock. And the photo.

I'm only semi-contrarian: I like the photo!
Title: Re: First light over Aigüestortes
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on August 18, 2014, 12:48:08 pm: The rock is a stepping stone, pardon the pun. It lets the eye ease into the scene, rather than jump to the lightest part too soon. Well done!
Title: Re: First light over Aigüestortes
Post by: louoates on August 18, 2014, 03:40:45 pm: Warning -- Professional cropper's opinion: Don't crop this one.
Title: Re: First light over Aigüestortes
Post by: sdwilsonsct on August 18, 2014, 11:30:42 pm: I'm pro-rock, pro-foreground. The pink seems a little too pink IMO. Overall, super.
Title: Re: First light over Aigüestortes
Post by: HSakols on August 23, 2014, 10:01:04 pm: You got the Galen Rowell alpenglow. I'm sure it was an amazing fleeting moment. Makes me want to get out and spend time in the backcountry.