Beartooth Butte, Springtime

[Mark_Seaver]

Critique Style Requested: Standard

The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.

Description

The Beartooth Highway, usually opens for Memorial Day Weekend. Driving it then, especially the from Cooke City, MT can mean travelling through snow canyons. The snow remains well into June when you can find skiers and snowboarders cruising some of the larger drifts. This is a view of Beartooth Butte (on the right) with Pilot and Index peaks in the distance taken in mid-June last year.

Specific Feedback

Because it was early in Spring, my goals here were to show off the unusual (for the area) color in Beartooth Butte (sedimentary rock) and the distant, much older peaks that were sculpted by glaciers.

Technical Details

R5, 24-105 @ 105, 1/125 s, f/16, iso 400, tripod and polarizer

[Dennis_Plank]

Definitely a “spring” image, Mark. I like the patchy snow for the definite feel of winter disappearing.

I’ve been over that pass on a motorcycle with six or more feet of snow still on the sides of the road. A fun trip, but a bit brisk.

[Tom_Nevesely]

Beautiful image, Mark! I really like the layers of colour here. I’ve been wanting to visit this area for the past couple years, but it’s always been closed by the time I was in the area. It’s definitely on the list for this year though!

[Ralf_Mantzel]

Beautiful scene and nice capture.
Looks like somebody is hiking, almost in the center of the picture, or is it just my fantasy?

[Paul_Holdorf]

Yea, the colors are fantastic Mark! Tragically, this might be similar to what it looks like up there right now! We need more snow! Great shot though. I love the vibrant colors in the foreground with a very nice soft sky. Really makes it all very realistic.

[Mark_Seaver]

Ralf, if you go to the large view, I think you’ll see that it’s a small evergreen tree.

[Ralf_Mantzel]

Yes, I did already, but I still want to believe my fantasy

[John_Williams]

This fits the them of this week very well Mark, and it’s a nice grand scene showing off the mix of winter color as the contrasting snow recedes from the wall of white that was.

I don’t have a lot of suggestions, but you might play with a slight crop. (And maye the color is a little too lime??)

[Michael_Lowe]

Nice grand landscape that shows off the seasonal transition. The only suggestion Imight have is a little more saturation in the sky. It looks a tad hazy.

[Ed_Lowe]

Hi Mark,
I am liking the color palette in this scene as it has a nice mix of warm and cool tones. This certainly shows the changing of the seasons quite well IMO. I also like the white puffy clouds as well as that colorful butte you mentioned. This makes for a wonderful grand landscape. Very nicely done.

[kathrin (Kathrin Middelhoff)]

What a magnificent landscape! The timing perfectly matches the theme of “First Signs of Spring” with the melting snow. The clouds and interplay of light also complement the dynamic nature of the transition.