Morning at Picture Lake

Critique Style Requested: Standard

The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.

Description

I took this image a few weeks ago at Mt Baker area in Washington State. The mountain in the background is Mt Shuksan.

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Feedback on composition

Technical Details

Fuji X-T5 with 10-24mm lens


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@Shawn_Grant, this is a lovely image! What a beautiful location and light. The foreground works well to draw me into the image, also from the top of the image to see the mountain. But I wonder about the very bright light at the top of the pond (with the silhouetted trees), which grabs my eye and holds me. Toning it down a bit would allow me to travel beyond it to take in and appreciate the whole scene.

Shawn, sorry to be so late to the party here. This is just gorgeous color and light. I love the reflection of the mountain in the water, the colors in the sky and water, and I love the foreground grasses. I took the liberty of skewing the bottom edges out to try to reduce the leaning trees and grasses. Hope you don’t mind.