Hiking in the coastal mountains in fall provides many photographic opportunities. The weather changes every five minutes!
Any feedback or general discussion is welcome.
I chose a 5:7 aspect ratio for this image which is unsual for me. I am consider a crop to 4:5
Is this a composite: No
Nice image. Weather change every 5 minutes…we don’t get that here in Florida. Like for instance, it only rained twice this summer, once for 45 days, and once for 21 days. 
Beautiful image!
The elements add beautifully to the sense of space…only exception I can think of is the very top of the clouds…what do you think? Is that why you were considering making it smaller?
Very lovely image. I wouldn’t crop any more off of the sides or bottom, but I do think a square crop by taking off the top would work.
Wow, how beautiful! I wouldn’t crop any off the top. I love the sense this gives of rising up out of the earth to the heavens.
What a great image! I like a lot the composition and that you have included a lot of the clouds. That is an important part of the image. But, at the same time the clouds draw my eyes away a little from the rest of the great scene. Could it be an idea to darken a tad the upper part of the clouds?
@Ola_Jovall @Bonnie_Lampley @Tony_Siciliano @ariella Thank you for your inputs. I think the crop from the top and/or darkening the top are good options. I’ll see experimenting!
@Chris_Calohan Summer is very similar to that in British Columbia but when fall hits the rain and then snow come in abundance.
I’m try to stop laughing because of @Chris_Calohan s comment. Very funny indeed.
You’ve got a very dramatic and contrasty image here Nathan and I do like the way the clouds play in this scene but I also think you could easily do a 4x5 and eliminate a bunch of the negative space up top as it does pull the eye away from the core of the scene. I think you could also darken the sky and/or make the foreground a little bit less contrasted to blend the two together a little bit better but you have such mood here. this will require some experimenting for sure. Lots of ways you could go with this but you have the making of a really compelling image however you chose to crop it.
