# Crested Butte **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** landscape\ **Created:** [October 29, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/crested-butte/25211 "2021-10-29T19:46:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mario\_Cornacchione](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mario_cornacchione/32/26649_2.png) [@Mario\_Cornacchione](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mario_Cornacchione)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/crested-butte/25211/1 "2021-10-29T19:46:50Z")
![Crested Butte](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/0/0/00652917b44176ba9f592c426f44a2dfbb276647.jpeg) I was attracted to the foreground mounds and colors. Sunset. BTW those are ducks on the lake. ### Specific Feedback Requested Composition and processing ### Technical Details Is this a composite: No 24mm f/11 1/15sec iso 125 ###### ---
**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:** [October 29, 2021, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/crested-butte/25211/2 "2021-10-29T20:38:12Z")
Restful with so much texture - the bushes and the water (ducks!) both. You could have a try creating a path of light leading from the LLC to the URC and the butte. Some darkening of the bushes in the extreme right side would do it as well as maybe a touch in the green bush on the left. Is the sky a little too blue? Possibly. Good bones here though. The colors in the vegetation are really great. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Lowe](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/michael_lowe/32/7118_2.png) [@Michael\_Lowe](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Michael_Lowe)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/crested-butte/25211/3 "2021-10-29T22:18:01Z")
Nice, autumnal colors in the FG. The glow on the mountainside is a bonus. I would clone out the ducks. They’re just indistinguishable spots and don’t add anything to the image. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/crested-butte/25211/4 "2021-10-29T22:56:49Z")
The light on the butte and it’s reflection are very good. There’s also a nice collection of colors in the foreground bushes. This spot has lots of possible alternatives, like some light on the foreground bushes to let their colors show better. I like the ducks, they are quite a gathering. I could also see this cropped to 4x5 keeping the right hand side. ---
**Author:** ![Mario\_Cornacchione](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mario_cornacchione/32/26649_2.png) [@Mario\_Cornacchione](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mario_Cornacchione)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/crested-butte/25211/5 "2021-10-30T01:31:29Z")
THank you for all the comments @Kris_Smith @Mark_Seaver @Michael_Lowe . I attacehed another version just for opinions. Left the ducks in though Michael. ![20210925-_DSC9564-HDR](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/5/2/527f03054c000016bfa599352e7fcb20986ff3b1.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Adhika\_Lie](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/adhika_lie/32/15928_2.png) [@Adhika\_Lie](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Adhika_Lie)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/crested-butte/25211/6 "2021-10-30T15:27:52Z")
The sunlight on the mountain is a tad too green to me. I would shift it more towards yellow/orange. But other than that, I think this gorgeous. I also like the duck! ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_McGuirk](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ed_mcguirk/32/30542_2.png) [@Ed\_McGuirk](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ed_McGuirk)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/crested-butte/25211/7 "2021-10-31T19:25:33Z")
I think both the original and the rework have balanced compositions, but in different ways. I think I prefer the original composition, but with some dodging and warming of the lighter tones in the foreground bushes. Perhaps something like this, used a TK Lights 1 mask to dodge, but also dodged wiht a light yellow brush instead of white to add warmth and dodge (color dodging)… ![AA_20210925-_DSC9564-HDR-Edit-2](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/6/0/60abb20e73755395ccbc64f7ba12451c5170af49.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Igor\_Doncov](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/igor_doncov/32/579_2.png) [@Igor\_Doncov](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Igor_Doncov)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 9:32am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/crested-butte/25211/8 "2021-11-03T09:32:00Z")
Don’t know how I missed this one. I love it Mario. The sky has that wonderful blue gradient you often see and the shadows make the mountain pop. I also like Ed’s rework but by brightening the shadows the sunlit area seem less special. Something between the two maybe. The composition is really good. I just think you had good light. Keep the ducks imo.