City - Rocky Mountain National Park State - CO Country - United States
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This photograph is taken in the Continental Divider in Rocky Mountain, Ester National Park, CO, USA. It was sub zero temperature around. This picture is taken handheld
Yes, this picture misses a subject terribly. May be some more foreground with a Elk or a tree whould have given a subject or a frame to this photograph. Thanks for your feedback
Hi Kim, Thanks again for you valuable criticism on this picture.
I appreciate your comments and gladly take your inputs. But I like to share some of my thoughts behind this photograph.
1. The Vast Sky - I intentionally kept the sky wide to greate a feeling of vastness. The clouds hanging over attracted me. You now vastness creates a feeling of lonelyness. This is the mood I liked to put in this Chilling Effect photograph.
2. Shadow in foreground. - If you look at the lower left rocks and ice in foreground you will find that the shadow created by overhead clouds there. In contrast the vast icy mountains extending endlessly from lower angle made me feel that this can help me grab the mood I am looking for.
3. Rule of thirds. - Thanks for your tip. Yes I know this guideline. This picture doesnot strictly abide by that rule but the rocks in lower left corner somewhat is in the thirds of the frame. However this picture misses one important aspect. - The subject. Our eyes subcontiously looks for some point of interest but gets nothing, and gets extended into the lonelyness of mountains.
These are the thoughts behind this photograph. But definitely I appreciate your comments and will share some more photograph of the place in days to come.
Looks like an amazing place to be... on top of the world! The deep rich blue of the sky is nice, although I think that less of it would make this a more powerful image. It would probably benefit from a crop of the sky in half... that way more emphasis would be put on the foreground and the mountains. The way it is now there seems to be equal importance given to the sky and the mountains, with the horizon cutting them in half. I always try to think what I want to be the more important part of my image and give more room in the frame to it.
I'm not sure if you've ever heard of the Rule of Thirds... it creates more powerful, interesting images by placing the main focus points of your image on the intersections. Take your image and draw an imaginary tic-tac-toe board on it... the places where the lines cross are the power points of an image. If possible the main pieces of the picture should be in that area.
Of course, rules are always made to be broken and sometimes the best way is centred, but I've found this rule to be very helpful.
I hope you have more shots from this wonderous place!
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