Looking for some feedback.

This is my first attempt at actually getting out the mountains for sunrise. Any feedback that would help me improve would be greatfully appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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Permalink Reply by Larry Mayo on February 12, 2012 at 9:37pm

That is beautiful!! The only thing I could add might be to lighten the trees at the bottom or possibly crop them out a little. Maybe if you moved to the left a little which I know is easier said than done in those situations. A polarizer filter might have darkened the skies a little but you can do that with Capture NX or lots of other packages. OK I'm nit picking. I really think it's great. Wish I were there..

Permalink Reply by Diane Bowles on February 13, 2012 at 9:12pm

Thanks for your nice comments Larry. I would have liked the trees a little lighter too and the sky a bit darker. I'm afraid my editing skills leave something to be desired at the moment. I've also discovered I really need to start shooting in RAW to give myself more options. Thanks again.

Permalink Reply by nathan mccreery on February 26, 2012 at 10:14am

Diane, nice photograph. I am not a fan of silhouettes, but in this case I think it works well since the primary point of interest is the mountain lit by sunrise. A common error committed by people is over editing. This is not. Congratulations.

Permalink Reply by Diane Bowles on February 26, 2012 at 11:11am

Thanks very much Nathan. I actually did no editing on this at all which is nice because I'm really not very good with editing. Been taking a few classes where the instructor drummed in "get what you want in the camera", so this is what I am trying to do - sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Thanks again for your kind words.

Permalink Reply by Nikol@s.P on February 13, 2012 at 1:56am

Permalink Reply by Nikol@s.P on February 13, 2012 at 1:57am

One the same .....

Permalink Reply by Bobby Hamby on February 26, 2012 at 12:14pm

This is a beautiful shot, as the others have pointed out. I know it is always best to get it right in the camera, but a little editing can sometimes help. I did a quick edit just to see how it would look, I hope its OK with you. I know others could do a lot better job at editing then this, I only took about two min. on it. It is a beautiful photo either way.