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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: skierd on June 01, 2017, 02:21:37 pm

Title: Mountain Vista, Denali National park
Post by: skierd on June 01, 2017, 02:21:37 pm

Took a brief hike down the Mountain Vista Trail in Denali National Park back in March.  Finally took the time to revisit this shot.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4200/34872190622_193cc7c449_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/V8x6kU)
Mountain Vista Trailsnow-5236 (https://flic.kr/p/V8x6kU) by David Dawson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/114967696@N07/), on Flickr

Title: Re: Mountain Vista, Denali National park
Post by: PeterAit on June 01, 2017, 03:04:58 pm

Quote from: skierd on June 01, 2017, 02:21:37 pm

Took a brief hike down the Mountain Vista Trail in Denali National Park back in March.  Finally took the time to revisit this shot.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4200/34872190622_193cc7c449_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/V8x6kU)
Mountain Vista Trailsnow-5236 (https://flic.kr/p/V8x6kU) by David Dawson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/114967696@N07/), on Flickr

I reckon that sentences not having subjects is old hat. I suppose that I do it myself at times, but my high school English teacher would not be pleased!

As for the photo - I don't see the point. The scene is ordinary, the mountains are washed out, and the sky is almost 100% white.

Title: Re: Mountain Vista, Denali National park
Post by: James Clark on June 01, 2017, 06:15:07 pm

And....  welcome to Lula OP ;).

Honestly I like the shot.  Pleasing mix of blues and whites - I can imagine standing in that spot with that view and understand why you felt compelled to capture it, even if it's not a world-beater as a piece of art.

Title: Re: Mountain Vista, Denali National park
Post by: Leszek Piotrowski on June 01, 2017, 08:01:10 pm

Well,.. I can almost see me striding towards that distant track to gain more altitude.

Where I am, geographically,... I miss this view very much

thanks for posting

Title: Re: Mountain Vista, Denali National park
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on June 02, 2017, 04:26:15 am

I actually like the photo, it has a lightness to it that conveys the light and crisp mountain air.

And there is no way that the sky is almost 100% white, far from it...

Title: Re: Mountain Vista, Denali National park
Post by: graeme on June 02, 2017, 07:51:41 am

I like it. It feels expansive & wintry. I also like the way it's stylised into overlying flat planes.

I opened the image in PS & took a lot of the saturation out of the blues / purples & added a bit of midtone contrast. I think you should try that.

Graeme

Title: Re: Mountain Vista, Denali National park
Post by: MattBurt on June 02, 2017, 12:17:46 pm

It's a nice scene but I'd love to see it with a more interesting sky.

Or with this capture it might work well in mono with a wider crop like 1x3 pano style.

Title: Re: Mountain Vista, Denali National park
Post by: skierd on June 02, 2017, 02:09:58 pm

Appreciate the feedback everyone!