Twin Peaks

[acarey]

Critique please

[rfreschner]

Austin -

I like the clouds over the mountains and the structure and tones of the barn (house?) and, overall, feel it's a good image. The right side of the image looks a bit crowded to me though with the tall grass, stand of trees, and mountains competing for attention. I might have used a wide angle lens to try and get some separation between these elements, but that would have diminished the impact of the mountains. Maybe a different angle?

P.S. - you might want to post the exif info for those who don't know how to get it.

[acarey]

I don't know how to get EXIF data, but in any even, we should encourage members to post the where and how of the image, as well as the post processing techniques use. John has been good about doing that, and if the board members do it, it may remind others to do it as well.

I liked your comments, and have been mulling them over. The separation is more evident in the color version, as you might expect, so I will have to think about how to translate that into B&W. Maybe using a longer lens to narrow the angle of view to the barn and the highest peak would have improved the image.

[rfreschner]

I don't know how to get EXIF data

From the exif data I pulled using Exif Viewer in Firefox, it appears that you used Photoshop CS4 to process the image. If you select File Info under the File menu, you can see the IPTC data which has the image information.

According to the info, the image was shot at ISO 200 at f/16 for 1/60 second at a focal length of 60mm using a D700.

but in any even, we should encourage members to post the where and how of the image, as well as the post processing techniques use. John has been good about doing that, and if the board members do it, it may remind others to do it as well.

A good idea.

Maybe using a longer lens to narrow the angle of view to the barn and the highest peak would have improved the image.

Yes and the added compression would make the mountains even more impressive.

[dweston]

Austin - a great mono shot of Mormon Barns, nice light and conversion...

[erosenthal]

I like the image but would agree with using a wider angle lens from the loation the image was captured or perhaphs a tele (say 200) but from a further and possible higher vantage point.