Sawtooth Sunset

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I captured this image in the High Sierra last month. I had just finished shooting a fiery sunset at a ridge overlooking this scene and had packed up my camera and was heading back down to camp. My buddy was still shooting the afterglow at this small tarn and I decided half-heartedly to join in. It turned out that the more subtle colors resulted in my favorite image of the evening. Appreciate any comments, suggestions.

Canon 5DS R, 16-35 f/4 @ 25mm, no filters
ISO100, f/13, 2 sec, double raw processed to retain highlights in the sky.

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This is wonderful, Dave. This is a lovely timberline scene that has a nice glow to it. The processing looks spot-on to me.

For some reason, the large boulder on the left just below that group of trees catches my eye. But, that is minor.

Great color and detail and of a perfect Sierra evening.
-P

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Nice! This looks just about perfect to me. My only nitpick would be the bright corner of the underwater rock in the bottom left corner, at the bottom edge. I would burn that down or clone it so it doesn’t stand out from the rest of the underwater rock.

Other than that, fantastic image. I never seem to get light like this when I’m in the mountains.

-Thorsten

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Beautiful and tranquil scene, Dave. I would second Thorsten on the LLC rock, but not a biggie at all. This stillness conveyed in the image is excellent.

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Just gorgeous Dave! Other than the little bit of rock in the LLC, I wouldn’t change a thing. Wonderful High Sierra landscape and reflection. Yummy.

Lon

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Oh wow. Very nice, Dave. The cloud is just perfectly shaped and positioned in the image as it echoes the ridge line very well. It is perhaps the LLC rock, but I think the image is somewhat crooked and needs a little bit of CW rotation.

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Dave, those are amazingly jagged mountains (living up to their name…). This is a lovely scene, with the sunset colors and near perfect reflection, that looks great.

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Dave,
This looks like the perfect way to end the day to me. The warm color in the sky along with that in the water is simply fantastic. I think what I am enjoying most about the scene is the subtle warm glow on the landscape.My only suggestion would be the already mentioned rock. Wonderful image.

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Boy you have some nice Sierra stuff Dave; this is another great example. Lovely.

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Beautiful Dave. I envy your opportunities at these alpine locations. They really make me feel old, “like could I even get there” old. Just wonderful. If I had any suggestion, it would be to crop some off the bottom to just above the submerged boulder In the FG. May not even be an improvement, just something worth a look.

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Dave: Beautiful scene superbly captured. I might like to see the shadows opened a touch but this works very well as is. Most excellent. >=))>