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Image Description
I took this photo last October as wild fires were beginning to start up around Grand Teton National Park. There was a good mix of smoke and possibly fog that scattered the light that the sun sprayed across the landscape as it rose, turning the mountain peaks red. I new what I wanted as far as composition as I had shot the same scene the night before.
Technical Details
took this with a Nikon Z7ii, 100 ISO, F11, 1/3 of a second, 115 mm with a nikkor 24-200mm f4 lens
Specific Feedback
I like a lot about this photo but I am wondering if the mountains are too red, and if the phot appears too unnatural?
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Gorgeous! The color on the mountains looks quite natural to me and all the warm tones are so lovely against the soft blue of the smoke. The composition is excellent and well balanced by the trees. Lovely detail! This is a framer!
This is the fourth image I’ve commented on tonight and the fourth image for which I have no critical thoughts. You nailed it. The processing, composition, conditions, light…it’s all magnificent. This may be an iconic scene (for good reason) but you’ve come away with something unique. Bravo!
Welcome Bryant! It’s wonderful to have you join us, and these first couple images are inspiring! Thanks for joining in the comments as well; I’ve found I learn as much, or more, from the discipline of figuring out what I like, and don’t like, about others’ images as from critiques of my own.
It’s an icon, but I love an icon when it’s well done. The fall color combined with the atmospheric fog and late light sings beauty. The panoramic aspect works well given the scene.
I agree wholeheartedly with Bret, Sandy, John and Michael and applaud this fine picture. This is a tremendous example of why nobody should avoid the fools stigma of not shooting an iconic classic. Its a great location, a wonderful subject, shot in superb light with a lovely tail of mist floating past the back of the barn. Yes I have seen it before even in remote Scotland, it’s an icon for a reason and serves to remind photographers who might scorn yet another shot of a familiar place, that we take pictures for our own pleasure as well as for others, and that icons, (12 Apostles Gt Ocean Road Australia), occasionally collapse, disappear or get blown over, (Island tree Rannoch Moor, Scotland), there loss to the world mourned, a reminder to “never look a gift horse in the mouth”.
