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Shot of a karst plateau and valley below and the sun setting behind the hills. I do some hiking in this area and always thought the landscape from this point is quite interesting so i tried to make it more appealing by shooting it in the winter so the snow can cover some unwanted elements and at sunset to enhance a bit the relief texture and mood. I wanted to create a sense of calm and meditative set but also a feeling of curiosity to explore the area. How could i have improved the image, composition, etc? Is the landscape even worth the shot?
As for tehnical details, shot with a Canon 6D MkII and Irix 15mm f2.4 at 15mm, f13, 1/60s (bracketed +1stop and-1stop) ISO160, no filters. Merged the three bracketed shots in Lightroom and slightly edited the contrast, shadow, highlights separately for the sky and foreground.
Hello Marius
Welcome to the forum and thank you for sharing this landscape photo which I have already commented on in the curation critique section. I have done a little editing on the photo, brightening it slightly and cropping the rock in the lower right corner as well as the left side to maintain the ratio. I'm just not sure whether the landscape itself is appealing enough despite the beautiful tones cast by the setting sun.
Elizabeth
Marius,
I like your composition. My personal vision is that snow has to be white. But what you show us give also a special view. Elizabeth gave already a good suggestion. What I did is to show more my vision on your compositipon. I made two steps. The first I reduced the red as follows I went to CameraRaw ( you can do this also in Lightroom) I reduced the red saturation in the colormixer, used the linear-gradient and darkend from above a fraction and used the white sleeve to give more white. In this way I reduced the red a little bit. For the second one I corrected the white balance with the pencil on the white. And after this I darkend above a little bit. My suggestions are not better but now you have three suggestions and you can make your choice for folowing your own taste. Theo-senior critic.
Thank you very much for the advices and suggestions. All is wellcomed :)
Marius,
Thank you for posting 'Frozen Sunset' in Critique. For the 'cold' theme, I think slightly cooler colours would help - especially in the background and sky. I edited a screen capture by selecting the sky and changing its colour, lightening the foreground a little, and adding some Texture and Clarity to the foreground with the sliders in Photoshop's 'Filter>Camera Raw Filter>Basic'. The background isn't quite as sharp, and doesn't need to be. The slight haze adds to the feeling of depth. That's a way to add the third dimension to a photo - sharp details in the foreground changing to softer ones in the background. a bit of fog or haze helps. The wide-angle look from your 15mm lens works too.
The composition is very good in my opinion. Viewers can enter the frame at the bottom left , follow the line of rocks to the middle of the scene, and then up to the sunset. It's nice that there are only a few footprints in the foreground. There is a path and road on the right, and if they were retouched and made to disappear the scene would look even more pristine. Those are very small details, and maybe they serve a purpose as leading lines.
We appreciate that you wrote about how you made the photo, and included the exposure settings. We learn from knowing those details.
This section is open to all members. If you see a photo here that you have an idea for, or want to comment on - please do. We learn together by exchanging ideas, and the more the better.
. . . . Steven, senior critic
Marius,
Thank you for posting 'Frozen Sunset' in Critique. For the 'cold' theme, I think slightly cooler colours would help - especially in the background and sky. I edited a screen capture by selecting the sky and changing its colour, lightening the foreground a little, and adding some Texture and Clarity to the foreground with the sliders in Photoshop's 'Filter>Camera Raw Filter>Basic'. The background isn't quite as sharp, and doesn't need to be. The slight haze adds to the feeling of depth.
The composition is very good in my opinion. Viewers can enter the frame at the bottom left , follow the line of rocks to the middle of the scene, and then up to the sunset. It's nice that there are no footprints in the foreground. There is a path and road on the right, and if they were retouched and made to disappear the scene would look even more pristine. Those are very small details, and maybe they serve a purpose as leading lines.
We appreciate that you wrote about how you made the photo, and included the exposure settings. We learn from knowing those details.
This section is open to all members. If you see a photo here that you have an idea for, or want to comment on - please do. We learn together by exchanging ideas, and the more the better.
. . . . Steven, senior critic
Hello Marius,
Thank you very much for posting your photo on this forum. You ask us for tips, so I will suggest some changes, which in my opinion should positively influence the reception of this photo,
I did all the changes in PSCC 2023 and Camera Raw, first I changed the frame. I took off about 1 cm from the top and about 2 cm from the bottom. Now we have a panoramic photo, which in my opinion fits better and improves the perception of the photo. In addition, in Camera Raw, I made local corrections with the brush, increasing the contrast especially on distant hills. I left the snow to color because of the fact that its color is "natural" under such lighting. I sharpened the whole thing a bit and subtracted slightly x-rays in the sun.
Of course, this is my suggestion for your photo.
Kind regards
Slawomir Kowalczyk - SC.
Thank you very much Steven!
Thank you very much Slawomir!
Hello, Marius Mugur
Welcome to our forum and thank you for sharing your image. I like your image. The focus is quite fine throughout the image. The starlight coming of the sun is quite well caught. The most interesting part of your image is the pink hue on the snow. There is also no highlight alert and accordingly no loss of texture as much as I can determine. I took a snapshot of your image and darkened it slightly in camera raw. I also added some contrast and worked on the white balance. The changes might be minor to the eye. I do not know if it would pass the curation process. Landscape images are not easily passing curation. It is a really competitive area. Have good light...Cicek Kiral SC
Thank you very much Cicek! Indeed, it did not pass the curation process but i get to learn why, which is a good thing in itself :)
Thank you very much Johanes!
