# Morning at Picture Lake

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/morning-at-picture-lake/42992>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** landscape\
**Created:** [September 1, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/morning-at-picture-lake/42992 "2024-09-01T23:19:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Shawn\_Grant](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/shawn_grant/32/82676_2.png) [@Shawn\_Grant](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Shawn_Grant)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/morning-at-picture-lake/42992/1 "2024-09-01T23:19:45Z")

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![Mt Shuksan-1.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/a/7/a78b68ea96a33bf4f0709f2a7ee5cf77fe8b5d6d.jpeg)

> **Critique Style Requested:** _Standard_
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> 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.

### Specific Feedback

Feedback on composition

### Technical Details

Fuji X-T5 with 10-24mm lens

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### Critique Template

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- Vision and Purpose:
- Conceptual:
- Emotional Impact and Mood:
- Composition:
- Balance and Visual Weight:
- Depth and Dimension:
- Color:
- Lighting:
- Processing:
- Technical:

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**Author:** ![Susanna\_Euston](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/susanna_euston/32/59261_2.png) [@Susanna\_Euston](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Susanna_Euston)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 2:28am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/morning-at-picture-lake/42992/2 "2024-09-02T02:28:30Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![Ed\_Williams](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ed_williams/32/65698_2.png) [@Ed\_Williams](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ed_Williams)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/morning-at-picture-lake/42992/3 "2024-09-15T21:58:34Z")

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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.

 ![Mt-Shuksan-1](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/7/7/7794614ff2b0e50525c8042809acf3286a55c6ab.jpeg)