Keeping the mood going 2

[Polar01]

To help keep the mood going this is an evening shot of Mono Lake before the morning shot was taken.

Cheers: Allan

[Wavelength]

WOW!!! i would suggest removal of some foreground to avoid the triangular segment in the right bottom corner!

[bnnrcn]

I agree with Nandakumar about the crop, another lovely scene Allan

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Allan,

It is a very nice shot and makes me want to go there - envious of Donald already!


Here are my thoughts ...

I quite like the foreground because that, combined with the height of the camera, makes me feel I am there - and very peaceful it feels too.

However, the 15 second, f/18 (unknown ISO) exposure has led to significant blurring of the water's surface which to an extent spoils the 'being there' feeling, but may actually contribute to the 'peacefulness' feeling, so I am undecided whether to suggest a much shorter shutter speed (e.g. 1/20 second) to make it feel more realistic, or a somewhat shorter shutter speed (e.g. 2 seconds) to try to balance the two feelings imparted (to me).

There are a couple/few bright twigs in foreground I'd tone down or clone out to avoid them grabbing my attention.

Also, I get the feeling there's a hint of (very) soft processing halo around the rock outcrops against the sky over on the right.
There may even be some dust bunnies, or perhaps they are insects, which I'd deal with (because they look like dust bunnies).

Not sure how much help those thoughts will be

Apologies for being super critical, but a good/great shot deserves a little extra work, don'tcha think?

Cheers, Dave