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Excellent quality Mike

Excellent quality
Mike

nice shot, mist looks great. you need a foreground so the rocks will have to stay so the composition is fine. cheers, tom

nice shot, mist looks great. you need a foreground so the rocks will have to stay so the composition is fine.
cheers,
tom

Lovely hanging mist and the foreground looks better full size Peter

Lovely hanging mist and the foreground looks better full size

Peter

I like the image as a whole, I would prefer slightly stronger colours in the grass though. It looks like you had a great day out, I am so envious with all this greyness that seems to have settled permenantly! Simon

I like the image as a whole, I would prefer slightly stronger colours in the grass though.
It looks like you had a great day out, I am so envious with all this greyness that seems to have settled permenantly!

Simon

Works for me - superb shot. Mark.

Works for me - superb shot.

Mark.

Superb capture of mist! gill

Superb capture of mist!
gill

excellent exposure to get the range of light and dark elements so well

excellent exposure to get the range of light and dark elements so well

I love it Pete, I've tried various crops on it and can't come up with anything :-)

I love it Pete, I've tried various crops on it and can't come up with anything

A great piece of work Pete. Incredible mist. Steve!

A great piece of work Pete. Incredible mist.

Steve!

I've done a quick mod for you Pete, but can't see that its any better than you have already got :) Mari :)

I've done a quick mod for you Pete, but can't see that its any better than you have already got

Mari

The comp itself is fine IMO. Perhaps Simon has it with the colour lacking a little, or is the foreground a bit too bright. Who cares, just to see this must have been jaw dropping!!

The comp itself is fine IMO. Perhaps Simon has it with the colour lacking a little, or is the foreground a bit too bright. Who cares, just to see this must have been jaw dropping!!

Well, it's very attractive as it is. However, I've done a mod in mono - I know mono landscapes don't always go down well but this sort of stood out as one that would work well. Settings in channel mixer were red 130 green -30.

Well, it's very attractive as it is. However, I've done a mod in mono - I know mono landscapes don't always go down well but this sort of stood out as one that would work well. Settings in channel mixer were red 130 green -30.

A Beautiful capture.....! Cheers, Suzan :)

A Beautiful capture.....!
Cheers,
Suzan

Mmmmm...to me this a shot we are all capable of taking Pete, as opposed to 99% of your other work which is distinctly yours. IMO the fg lets this one down (obviously there was nothing better or you'd have spotted it) the lack of much colour in that area (but it is Feb after all) and harsher light (taken later than the others?) detracts I feel. You'll be pleased to know I'm more than happy with the top 2/3rds though!! Tried to do a mod, but couldn't get Scaleber Force to sit quite right in the fg!! Gwyn

Mmmmm...to me this a shot we are all capable of taking Pete, as opposed to 99% of your other work which is distinctly yours.

IMO the fg lets this one down (obviously there was nothing better or you'd have spotted it) the lack of much colour in that area (but it is Feb after all) and harsher light (taken later than the others?) detracts I feel. You'll be pleased to know I'm more than happy with the top 2/3rds though!!

Tried to do a mod, but couldn't get Scaleber Force to sit quite right in the fg!!

Gwyn

Agree with Simon and Gwyn about the FG. I would make it a bit darker and softer to less pull the eye from the lovely mist on the mountain. All the best Dougie

Agree with Simon and Gwyn about the FG. I would make it a bit darker and softer to less pull the eye from the lovely mist on the mountain.

All the best
Dougie

Thanks very much everybody - your feedback has been great. No digs at anyone on this site intended, but this has reinstated my faith in what this site is about. :o) Simon - I agree with you about the colour. It bugs me too, but any attempts at boosting it made it look unnatural to me. As Gwyn points out, it was taken later in the day and goes someway to explain why it turned out that way. I also had difficulty with the tones so I think the grass is a touch overexposed compared to the mountain. Dougie, Mari, Gwyn - I agree with your comments about the foreground. The message I'm getting is that the real feature of this shot is the mist covered mountain and the foreground is kind of 'tacked on'. I like your crop, Mari. It has driven home where the real attraction of this shot is. There is an exception to all of the above though - I do love Keith's mono treatment of this shot. It seems to suit it particularly well. I think I'll have a play with a mono treatment when time permits and see what I can come up with. I took other compositions of this shot, one includes a vertical shot that completely omits the foreground. I'm away for a couple of days, but I'll have it posted by the weekend. Thanks for the feedback - it's much appreciated. Pete

Thanks very much everybody - your feedback has been great. No digs at anyone on this site intended, but this has reinstated my faith in what this site is about. :o)

Simon - I agree with you about the colour. It bugs me too, but any attempts at boosting it made it look unnatural to me. As Gwyn points out, it was taken later in the day and goes someway to explain why it turned out that way. I also had difficulty with the tones so I think the grass is a touch overexposed compared to the mountain.

Dougie, Mari, Gwyn - I agree with your comments about the foreground. The message I'm getting is that the real feature of this shot is the mist covered mountain and the foreground is kind of 'tacked on'. I like your crop, Mari. It has driven home where the real attraction of this shot is.

There is an exception to all of the above though - I do love Keith's mono treatment of this shot. It seems to suit it particularly well. I think I'll have a play with a mono treatment when time permits and see what I can come up with.

I took other compositions of this shot, one includes a vertical shot that completely omits the foreground. I'm away for a couple of days, but I'll have it posted by the weekend.

Thanks for the feedback - it's much appreciated.

Pete

I really like this, especially the way the mist is swirling around the mountain. Alison

I really like this, especially the way the mist is swirling around the mountain.

Alison

Hmmm.... Well, maybe a landscape oriented shot might be better. I can't see what is off to either side so that might not help. I think with a lower sun angle and warmer light, it might be more dramatic. It was obviously dramatic to be there when you took the shot, but you know how cameras need that extra punch sometimes. And if you found a single rock or plant as a foreground, that might reduce the complexity of the bottom of this image. But you found an awesome spot. Now just go back at with the right light! Patrick

Hmmm.... Well, maybe a landscape oriented shot might be better. I can't see what is off to either side so that might not help. I think with a lower sun angle and warmer light, it might be more dramatic. It was obviously dramatic to be there when you took the shot, but you know how cameras need that extra punch sometimes. And if you found a single rock or plant as a foreground, that might reduce the complexity of the bottom of this image. But you found an awesome spot. Now just go back at with the right light!
Patrick

Nice shot. Dot.

Nice shot.
Dot.

I like the band of low mist and the way the light is catching it. Excellent detail and clarity which the larger version brings out. Louise

I like the band of low mist and the way the light is catching it. Excellent detail and clarity which the larger version brings out.
Louise

Hi Pete! I agree with your comment that the real feature of this shot is the mist covered mountain and the foreground is kind of 'tacked on'...I also think it's not strong enough to balance that mist. However, The mist is spot-on and I love the drama of it!

Hi Pete! I agree with your comment that the real feature of this shot is the mist covered mountain and the foreground is kind of 'tacked on'...I also think it's not strong enough to balance that mist. However, The mist is spot-on and I love the drama of it!

Thanks all. Pete

Thanks all.

Pete

Hello Pete, its lovely to get above the clouds and when the light hits the top of them it adds to the contrasting values of your mountain beauty, nice shot. Doug.

Hello Pete, its lovely to get above the clouds and when the light hits the top of them it adds to the contrasting values of your mountain beauty, nice shot.
Doug.

Thanks Doug :) Pete

Thanks Doug

Pete

spooky clouds - reminds me of Young Frankenstein for some bizzare reason :-) all in all a well balanced shot, the foreground doens't have anything that distinctive - like a single stand-out boulder or plant that you'd get in a Northscape kind of shot - but I think the texture of the rocks gives enough interest to be going on with

spooky clouds - reminds me of Young Frankenstein for some bizzare reason

all in all a well balanced shot, the foreground doens't have anything that distinctive - like a single stand-out boulder or plant that you'd get in a Northscape kind of shot - but I think the texture of the rocks gives enough interest to be going on with

Thanks Ade. Pete

Thanks Ade.

Pete