This ridge full of backlit larch trees against a dark mountain range immediately caught my attention while hiking in the Austrian Alps. What I like most about this image is its colour contrast and overall simplicity. It’s a beautiful “small” scene in an otherwise grand landscape.
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Any feedback is welcome!
Technical Details
Sony a7 III with Sigma 100-400mm at 355mm + CPL
f11, ISO 100, 1/40 s, tripod (obviously 
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“Cheater pano” upscaled by Topaz Photo AI
I spent a lot of time getting the colors just right and adding local contrast via dodging & burning.
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Hi Martin,
Nice scene here, I enjoy the natural color cast of the sunlight yellows and the shaded blue background. You also nailed it with the WB. I think the main thing here is I wish you had slightly panned up to include a little less of the dirt hill–since it’s the least interesting–and included more of the granite wall–since it’s the most interesting. I would have tried to include as little of that dirt as possible. Besides that, I think you could clone out some of the bright/white specks in the dirt to smooth it out a bit and darken some of the larger ones.
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Hi Eric,
thank you so much for the feedback, really appreciate it a lot. Regarding composition, I think that I might have run into the limits of my gear in terms of focal length or resolution but I get what you mean. Luckily I can return to this spot any time I like and improve on this image 
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