Mountain Storm

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Mountain Storm

Postby sheepie on Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:35 pm

I've been spending today going through some of my unprocessed pics from the last year, and this one has me stumped. I really like the darkness of it, but is it too much?

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Postby colin_12 on Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:54 pm

It may be to much Sheepie, but I like it. Very moody.
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Postby firsty on Sun Dec 30, 2007 12:07 am

I really like the toning in this one
but I think it would improve if you trimmed half of the black area off the bottom as there is a little too much and it draws your eye down looking for some sort of detail
removing the dark area would also give the impression of a lighter overall photo without changing the tone of the shot

just looking at it now in the review panel under where I'm typing this now I can trim the bottom and it changes the image as I thought it would
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Postby Handlebars on Sun Dec 30, 2007 12:08 am

I love it. Great colours, massive amount of ambiance.

The foreground could probably be cropped a little higher, as the large black area below the mountain does detract, but that could also be my uncalibrated monitor...

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Gah, Keith beat me to it by a minute...I did the same cropping with the preview window! :lol:
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Postby Alex on Sun Dec 30, 2007 12:55 am

Excellent photo, fantastic atmosphere.
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Postby iposiniditos on Sun Dec 30, 2007 1:33 am

Is it a grab from lord of the rings?? :D

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Postby Killakoala on Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:09 am

Definitely crop some of the foreground and you will have a real winner. Fantastic image Leon.
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Postby dodge on Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:42 pm

I like this..Looks alive

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Postby Smurph on Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:23 am

I agree, crop the foreground a little bit, and it will be more than awesome (as it already is an awesome shot).
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Postby Oneputt on Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:30 am

This is a fantastic image with heaps of appeal :D
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Postby bwhinnen on Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:02 pm

This is a haunting image! I agree that the foreground could be cropped away!

Would look great up on the wall in a Den or similar!
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