Les Trois Tempêtes ( The Three Tempests). A violent storm rushed over the Teton Range: "les Trois Tétons" (the three breasts) by early French Explorers. Shining through the dissipating storm clouds emerged God beams bathing the range in glorious light.
Which do you prefer ?
The original capture is a vertical photograph, I feel it may be a stronger image cropped as horizontal. I'm torn, because the near / foreground of sage and brush leads a proximity perspective to the mountains in the distance. The crop also omits some of the dramatic light as well....
Shot Specs:
D800E
14-24mm f/2.8 @ 24mm
Lucroit Filter System
Hytech #1 Red Soft Grad
Hytech ND Soft Grad 2-Stop
Tough call on which, I like vertical version with the dark cloud containing the sun burst along the top, but the landscape version gets me closer, print them both...
Both look great. For viewing on screen I go for the landscape but for printing and hanging either depending on where it was to hang.
Thanks for sharing
Ron
Both gorgeous! As to your question - I prefer the landscape because, as you point out, it reveals a greater degree of wonderful light and rays.
Also, I might try a version with 1/4 of the bottom sage cropped out so my eye is pulled even more quickly to the Tetons and the dramatic light - the primary center-of-interest.
Thanks for the French lesson, and what a cool shot. I prefer #2 myself, but actually I would suggest going to a square composition or perhaps a 4:5 format to include a little more sky at the top.
