# Mountain and ice **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** landscape\ **Created:** [October 2, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/mountain-and-ice/43459 "2024-10-02T22:12:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Han\_Schutten](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/han_schutten/32/72686_2.png) [@Han\_Schutten](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Han_Schutten)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/mountain-and-ice/43459/1 "2024-10-02T22:12:41Z")
![IJsland_IMGP2706a_DxO.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/0/e/0ebdab5bb7f17f814af84a7e4dc3633f789af88c.jpeg) ![IJsland_IMGP2706_DxO.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/c/0/c0c48258c1abe4b7964e2b31cbc8bfa5e0db5a29.jpeg) > **Critique Style Requested:** _Standard_ > > The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image. ### Description Recently I returned from a trip to Iceland, where we visited the interior, far from the tourist crowds. The second image is the original one. I don’t like the cut-off ice at the lower edge. There is more in the RAW file, but there is no option to crop without cutting through other ice. In the first image, I slightly cropped and cloned/filled till the lower edge is more or less clean. ### Specific Feedback Which image do you prefer? Do you mind the cut-off ice at the bottom of the image? Any other comments are of course welcome as well. ### Technical Details Pentax K3 Mk. III, 55-300 @98mm, ISO800, f/11, 1/1000sec. RAW conversion in DxO PL6, very little further adjustments. * * * ### Critique Template Use of the template is optional, but it can help spark ideas. - Vision and Purpose: - Conceptual: - Emotional Impact and Mood: - Composition: - Balance and Visual Weight: - Depth and Dimension: - Color: - Lighting: - Processing: - Technical: ---
**Author:** ![Elizabeth](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/elizabeth/32/69090_2.png) [@Elizabeth](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 11:18pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/mountain-and-ice/43459/2 "2024-10-02T23:18:33Z")
Beautiful photo! I like the one with the clean lower edge. ---
**Author:** ![Giuseppe\_Guadagno](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/giuseppe_guadagno/32/19438_2.png) [@Giuseppe\_Guadagno](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Giuseppe_Guadagno)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/mountain-and-ice/43459/3 "2024-10-04T17:33:36Z")
A unique image I have never seen something like it. You have taken it with skill representing its atmosphere very well. With a longer lens could you have taken something more of the beautiful glacier? I too prefer the upper image. ---
**Author:** ![Han\_Schutten](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/han_schutten/32/72686_2.png) [@Han\_Schutten](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Han_Schutten)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/mountain-and-ice/43459/4 "2024-10-04T21:56:10Z")
Thank you @Elizabeth and @Giuseppe_Guadagno for your comments. Giuseppe, I have several close-up images of this (and other) glaciers, maybe I’ll post some here. ---
**Author:** ![Han\_Schutten](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/han_schutten/32/72686_2.png) [@Han\_Schutten](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Han_Schutten)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/mountain-and-ice/43459/6 "2024-10-05T19:22:33Z")
Thanks @SandyR-B for your comment. I agree, that more room at the bottom would be better. There is space enough in the file. But there is a lot of chaotic ice at the bottom and no appropriate place to crop, so I would be forced to clean it all up. In fact, I would need to create an artificial water surface there, which I don’t like. ---
**Author:** ![Stephen\_Stanton](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/stephen_stanton/32/575_2.png) [@Stephen\_Stanton](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Stephen_Stanton)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/mountain-and-ice/43459/7 "2024-10-05T23:05:35Z")
Not bothered by the ice flows, but wish you would show the complete turn of ice cutoff on the left side. Otherwise a great shot. ---
**Author:** ![Han\_Schutten](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/han_schutten/32/72686_2.png) [@Han\_Schutten](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Han_Schutten)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 10:23am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/mountain-and-ice/43459/8 "2024-10-06T10:23:14Z")
Thank you @Stephen_Stanton for your comment. I understand your wish, as I do Sandy’s. The circumstances made it difficult to avoid these nits. I can offer you the image below, but that is a very different one. As you see, including the complete turn of the glacier and some of the ice in the lake would include the higher ice on the left. I didn’t want that. There was no option to e.g. climb higher to have a different viewpoint. That’s the reason, not an excuse 😉 Your comment is still very valid. ![IJsland_IMGP2705_DxO](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/3/1/31f30955b22441b4c2cb6b8bd5bb5e23198bb6d8.jpeg)