Icing on Temple Mountain

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Description

This is the second image I was able to get from the early morning trip to Moraine Lake in June. The driver had reminded us to make sure we turned around and looked behind us. When the sun started rising, this part of the show was behind us. I really loved the frosted trees and bushes in the fore and mid ground here.

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I cleaned up (cloned out) some of the grasses at the bottom of the frame. I don’t believe there is any haloing in this as compared to the haloing that showed up in the earlier image taken with my cell phone.

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Canon 5DMiii, f18, 1/40s, iso 640, -1.3 ev, 24-105 lens at 47 mm. Timer on bean bag.


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Hi Ed, Thanks for sharing this lovely image with us! I think it is well seen and processed. You have nicely let us share the morning experience with you without hitting us over the head with it. Well done!

ED, You prove that it’s wise to turn around and look behind. Wonderful image. Not a negative, but I wonder if you might crop some from the bottom LRC as that open brown area seems to be a bit of a distraction. What do you think. Nicely composed image.

Thank you very much @guy and @Larry_Greenbaum. Larry, I’ll see what I can do with the LRC. I’m thinking maybe just darken it a bit to reduce the impact? I’m afraid to crop too close to the frosted bushes down there in the middle.

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Ed, What do you think of this? I am not crazy about the repeated patterns of snow in the LRC, but you may have other ideas.

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Wonderful image Ed! I like the vertical format as it emphasizes the vertical lines of those evergreens and the clouds in the sky make for another nice element in the scene. There is something so appealing about a coating of freshly fallen snow that I find so inviting. Beautifully done.

@Ed_Lowe thank you so much. You’ve been really kind to me on these posts. I appreciate it.

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