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My wife and I recently traveled to Wyoming and visited Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. One of the highlights of our trip was sunrises and sunsets in Grand Teton. This image is one of those sunrises reflecting off of the Teton Range as seen from Schwabacher Landing.
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Canon EOS 6D
35mm
f/11
ISO 100
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My initial reaction was “I have not seen a photo from here in a long time”, then I thought “I wish the mountains were not cut off in the reflection, he should have moved to the left or has the river bank moved since the last time I saw this scene?”
It’s a classic scene and that I missed taking when I visited long ago.
Indeed, it is one of the classics. The water was turbulent further left and didn’t create a good reflection. Looked like mostly due to the current riverbed topography. I really didn’t mind this view; it provided a different perspective of the river. More of a shot across it and a view of the bend instead of parallel with the river.
Welcome to Landscape Jared! I’m glad to see you diving in.
My initial emotional reaction is one of peace, and just a tad of jealousy that I wish I could have been there to enjoy it with you.
I love the light on the peaks; that’s the crown jewel of the image. The gold and green below is a nice support for the peaks too.
It might be worth playing with crops that remove some of the empty bottom left corner, either a panorama or trimming some of the left edge too to keep the same crop ratio.
I would like to see a larger version posted. These grand vistas need some real estate to shine IMHO. In addition, on my monitor it is a little soft.
I have a few versions with different crops, trying to decide which I like best. I think I agree with maybe less in the bottom left on this one. Is there a particular area you are seeing that is soft? I think in general the mountains and trees came out reasonably sharp.
I see. No, I don’t think it’s a monitor difference. That version definitely has the sharpness/detail turned up. For this one I kinda preferred the slightly softer version, especially for the mountains. May take a second look at the foliage. Thanks for the perspective.
Hi Jared - nice image from this iconic spot. I’m very glad to see that the pines have semi-recovered from the beetle infestation that ravaged them the last time I was there.
The reds are nice here, but do seem a bit over-saturated. I too wish more of a full reflection was present, but this is still quite a great image.
Gorgeous photo of one of my favorite locations, Jared. Welcome to the forum! I prefer the “look” of the second image you posted. Have you tried darkening the grassy area on the right just a touch? I think it would help to pull my eye deeper into the image to the reflection, the foliage on the opposite side of the water and then back to those glorious mountains.
