Tioga Spring

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

This was the last composition I made on the way home from my trip to photograph the Milky Way from Sentinel Dome the night before. I made this photo after my last post Finding Balance. What grabbed my attention was the expansive meadow of lupine. I wish I had seen it on the way in when the light was not as harsh but on my way in I was looking for the pullout on the right side at Siesta lake and was not paying attention to the other side of the road.

Feedback Requested

Does the composition work, or is the light to harsh?

Technical Details

Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 24 mm f/2
Focal length: 24mm
Shutter speed: 1/30s
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 100

five vertical frames stitched together in PS.

Youssef, I feel the composition doesn’t quite suit the pano aspect. I would crop off the left to move the log on a third or go even further to a 3x2. It almost looks like an orton effect has been applied which doesn’t help the harsh light any.