# Clear Mountain Pond

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/clear-mountain-pond/27895>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** weekly-challenge\
**Created:** [April 18, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/clear-mountain-pond/27895 "2022-04-18T12:04:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jennifer1](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/jennifer1/32/14470_2.png) [@jennifer1](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/jennifer1)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/clear-mountain-pond/27895/1 "2022-04-18T12:04:34Z")

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![Dillon Colorado](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/3/9/39da73058d24a60fcdac188972340c360bc3aaca.jpeg)

### Description: Quiet water. This pond was so still I didn’t even need to use a long exposure. Perfectly reflected forest Dillon Colorado. The trick was selecting an area of focus in the dense line of trees that surrounded this pond. I played with a number of compositions and used post-processing to emphasize one cluster of trees.

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### Pertinent technical details or techniques:

Is this a composite? (focus stacks or exposure blends are _not_ considered composites)  
Not a composite. Sony A7R3, 135mm, f/11 @ 1/30, ISO 100.

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**Author:** ![Kris\_Smith](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/kris_smith/32/59826_2.png) [@Kris\_Smith](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Kris_Smith)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/clear-mountain-pond/27895/2 "2022-04-18T14:13:17Z")

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I like it. Very still and eye-catching. I wonder if the lightest group of trees could benefit from a crop from the left, eliminating that one dead tree. Could be worth experimenting with. If it was mine I’d clone some of the horizontal lines in the reflection - debris probably. It would improve the vertical harmony. Also maybe play with toning down the sandy bank - it’s very bright and divides the scene too abruptly for me. Just some thoughts on a terrific reflection.

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Seaver](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mark_seaver/32/231_2.png) [@Mark\_Seaver](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mark_Seaver)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 11:44am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/clear-mountain-pond/27895/3 "2022-04-19T11:44:25Z")

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Jennifer, this is a lovely forest and lake scene. The reflections are nearly as clear as the forest and I like the arcing wedge of shoreline. I too would burn-in very subtly, the brightest bit around the shore in the center, but that area is not overexposed, so it’s about what you want to show…not what I would do.