Was a bit overwhelmed by the amount of photos that I had seen from this location over the three years I have stayed in Germany, so last August when I first visited it, I was blocked down by all the compositions that I had seen and was almost going into the rabbit hole of copying them. But then I put on my telephoto lens and zoomed in on the mountain face to find the light interacting with it in a special way. It especially reminded me of the dragon Syrax on the poster of the new series “House of the Dragon”. Fantasy is a huge inspiration for me and this fell right on my lap.
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Any feedback on editing or otherwise is welcome. Just want to have Sarah’s opinion on it.
Technical Details
ISO 100, 227mm, f/11, 1/10s
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(The colors ended up very saturated in the example above! That is unintentional on my part. Pay attention to only the crop.)
Hi Subhasish – I do not have any knowledge of “House of the Dragon” and take a pretty literal approach to nature photography so I will just go with that even though I am missing your context and inspiration. I do love the strong pink mountains and mix of lovely shadows, although I might want to see a tiny bit more blue in those shadows. I also like the texture and lack of context in terms of the scale (I think this is a big mountain but it could also be a small, interestingly textured rock…).
One thing catches my eye as compositional black hole: the deep, dark shadow on the left edge. Because it is so dark and so different, it pulls in all my attention but I am not sure it adds to the viewing experience. If you could brighten that up and make it a bit more consistent with the other shadows in the frame, I think it would work fine as part of the composition. With the dark section as is, I was tempted to go towards a crop, as suggested below. This simplifies the scene and makes it feel more balanced to me.
