Silent Worship

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Critique Style: Standard

The photographer is looking for thoughtful feedback on the image as a whole, especially around the areas noted below.

Feedback Focus: Artistic / Expressive

About This Image

Another image from Yosemite last month. (Life will sweep me away for a month later this week, so I’m trying to add a few in the narrow window I have.)

This was taken on that final morning when the clouds finally cleared and we had a couple of wonderful hours where the sun lit up and began to burn off the fog.

Feedback Requested

I posted a black and white image of the trees on the right earlier, but took this one as well because it had a different feel for me. I may be reading too much into the image, but I liked the rough impression of supplicants before their royalty or congregants before their god. I’d love any thoughts about what your take is on the image, and any thoughts for improvement are welcome.

Technical Details

Camera: NIKON Z 7_2
Lens: NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8 VR
Focal length: 41mm
Shutter speed: 1/8000s
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 6400

​I was shooting aperture-preferred, but I have no idea why I set the ISO to 6400; that’s a big whoops! I think there would be better detail in the foreground if I’d gotten that right. As presented by NPN or my browser, I see a touch of posterization. I don’t see that if I download it and view it in Photoshop.​

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I love this image, and I was hoping you were going to post it. This is an outstanding comp. I love how the fog has created the simplicity of the scene. Silent Worship is a great name for this. Looking at this image gives me a feeling of peace.

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Thank you Steve, I more than appreciate the feedback. Looks like this one didn’t stimulate much; not sure if that’s really good or really bad. :grinning_face:

We head out this evening, so I’ll catch up later this month.

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Hi John,

Not sure how I missed this originally, but I sure am glad I caught up with it, albeit a little late. I can see how you arrived with the title as the tree does appear to be standing in awe of the partially obscured mountain. The fog has really simplified the image and left you with the only elements you need. I also like the tree hiding in the fog as well. This image just has an all around peaceful, relaxing vibe that I find very inviting. I can almost feel the stillness and quiet of the morning. Beautifully done!

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Thanks Ed! I was “flooding the zone” a bit when I posed this, knowing I would have to be away for most of the upcoming month, so this one snuck by. I appreciate your thoughts.