Denali Tundra

Critique Style: Standard

The photographer is looking for thoughtful feedback on the image as a whole, especially around the areas noted below.

Feedback Focus: Artistic / Expressive

About This Image

I just returned from a trip to Denali National Park with a backcountry stay at Camp Denali. The Pretty Rocks Landslide has closed the highway at mile 42, but we flew in, and with the bridge newly finished, we bussed out a week later. It was a fantastic experience, and the photography conditions were generally horrendous. Rain and wind for 3 of the 5 days in the park. When landscapes are not looking great, I turn to ICM, and I made a couple of Double Exposure ICM images of the blueberry bushes on the tundra.

I cannot say enough about the colors in the Alaska range last week. Blueberry fields forever (sorry Beatles) along with dwarf birch and the poplars made this a colorful experience, though so far, looking at my 500 or so images from the trip, I might only have a few worth sharing here.

This is the first. I’ll work my way through with one from each day, and then decide if any others are in the keeper category.

Feedback Requested

Since this is abstract, I’m interested mostly in the visual flow, any thing distracting ( I removed a few dust bunnies), and whether it gives you the feeling of autumn or simply sunshine/warmth, etc.

As always, I’m open to any and all feedback, including, “Enough with the DE ICM already!”

ML

Technical Details

Canon 5D4 with 24-105 at 95mm
ISO 100, f/22 to slow the shutter, 1/10 sec
One horizontal and one vertical swipe, cropped square, contrast boost

Marylynne: Looks like a fine abstract painting. I like the brush strokes and the color especially. Sorry to hear the conditions were not great. We were there about this same time of year in 2017 and while we didn’t get rained on the light wasn’t great most of the time. We did see the mountain one day though and the locals said we should count ourselves lucky. I would love to get back there so I’m looking forward to your other images. >=))>

Outstanding abstract image and very painterly. The color is beautiful. The orange, brown, tan, color creates a sense of motion. Well done.

Marylynne, the color is very inviting and warm. Getting the crossing streaks adds a lot of interest. The sense of brush streaks and the varing degree of luminosity make a nicely painterly feeling.