Peaks Entrenched

Image Critiques Weekly Challenge
1

I was walking the dogs on the tide flats at the Old Valdez Townsite, Valdez, Alaska and it was a beautiful winter day so I took the camera with me. I shot a number of landscapes while the dogs got their exercise. I was walking by this trench in the tide flats and noticed the strong reflection in the salt water so I took this shot.

While this was taken only last weekend (Dec 29, 2018), it is one of my favorite landscapes of the year.

Peaks%20Entrenched
Peaks%20Entrenched2560×1600 1.56 MB

Sony a6300, SEL1670Z @ 31 mm, ISO-100, f/11.0, 1/125, hand held.

3 Likes
2

This is superb, Gary. I love how my eye is pulled into the reflections in the ditch, then led back to the trees and up to the mountains. Beautiful.

3

Just gorgeous, Gary. I can see why it is your favorite shot of the year.

4

Gary,
Well done. Have you looked at this in B&W? It would be cool!
Also, did you happen to wait till the clouds parted to shoot this with the mountain peaks visible? That would elevate this image.

5

Thanks, Matt! The clouds never left the mountain before the lights went out so that scenario never happened. I’ll have to do a b&w version to see what it looks like.

1 Like
6

For me that foreground makes the whole image. Very well framed for pulling together all the receding elements.

7

Fantastic winter scene, Gary. The light on the mountain peaks is gorgeous and the trench takes me into the image perfectly. Love the reflection BTW.

8

The reflection in the trench is a great addition, Gary.