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Image Description
A squall forms over the Olympic mountains at dawn with first light illuminating Mount Olympus as well as highlighting the clouds and falling rain with glowing red-orange tints. Dawn comes very early in the PNW, especially with PDT in effect. To be certain to be on-site along Hurricane Ridge one must plan to drive up from Port Angeles much earlier since you cannot park at the overlook overnight. Beyond good planning there is also the fortune to have dramatic atmospherics to be considered. When the conditions all come together it is inspiring to behold yet one must shoot quickly as changes occur even more quickly.
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Canon EOS 5D ; Canon EF 70-200 mm @ 80mm; f/8 @ 1/15 sec, ISO 200; Gitzo tripod, RRS BH 55; remote trigger
Beautiful image. Hard to not-pick this one. Only two suggestions; perhaps increase the shadow detail slightly on the foreground mountains, and I would consider using a dial filter to increase highlights on the two peaks that are lit. Giving the foreground a little more definition draws the eye in and up toward the highlighted peaks.
Nice job here; well done.
Thank you @gregory1 for your comments. I am pleased you “discovered” the typo and corrected it. I already futilely searched for a dial filter. I was feeling so out of touch. I do, though think there is another. You typed “not-pick” but I believe you meant nit-pick. You may be correct about the foreground mountains shadows and peak highlights. I look at making the adjustments.
Thank you @gregory1 for attention to detail. Do you want AI to do ANYTHING when it cannot spell?
You may not be aware, but the mountains you want the highlights to be brighter are heavily forested. I altered a copy to demonstrate the effects you suggested. It may not be what you anticipated.
Yeah; not sure it produced the effect I was visualizing. I don’t think that suggested edit adds anything to your image. Nice to try something, and then be able to ‘undo’.
Thank you @gregory1 for allowing me to demonstrate that what we often believe will be an improvement, the results do not always support that opinion. I believe, in this case, the result had an obvious negative effect.
