Image Description
Recently, I visited the west side of Rocky Mountain NP to do a little backcountry skiing. It was mid afternoon with a partly sunny skies, when I recognized an area I shot in the summer a few years ago. I thought it might be interesting to shoot a winter image with the snow bound Colorado River in the foreground and the Never Summer Mountains in the background.
Just down the road is the damage caused by a huge wildfire in 2021; the trees in the center of the image also carry the scars of that fire.
Type of Critique Requested
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Aesthetic: Feedback on the overall visual appeal of the image, including its color, lighting, cropping, and composition.
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Emotional: Feedback on the emotional impact and artistic value of the image.
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Technical: Feedback on the technical aspects of the image, such as exposure, color, focus and reproduction of colors and details, post-processing, and print quality.
Specific Feedback and Self-Critique
The rapidly passing clouds caused rapidly changing light conditions. I took several images of the scene and decided on this one. The clouds dimmed the very bright fresh snow that had fallen overnight in the foreground; I was able to capture more texture in the snow due to the clouds, which I feel enhanced the foreground. The remains of snow in the trees in the midground, dimmed the color of the trees. I was able to capture some detail in the center peak snowfield, challenging because that are was nearly blown out because ther were no clouds filtering the light.
Technical Details
1/250 sec f/11 ISO 64 24-120mmf/4 @55mm Edited in LR & PS.