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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Brainard Lake, Colorado


Well, I had a chance to get away for an afternoon, and found myself at Brainard Lake. A beautiful place. Forecast was 40% chance of thunderstorms, but as it turned out - no rain. Not a lot of color in the sunset, though. No complaints, I had a great time.




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Aug 20, 2014 at 09:15 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Brainard Lake, Colorado


Great image. Like the composition. Only suggestion is to frame the log to one side and not in the dead center. Still a great looking image.
Harsha



Aug 20, 2014 at 09:21 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Brainard Lake, Colorado


Love this place. Used to fish here all the time and hit the Indian Peaks wilderness hiking all the time. Thanks for the view!


Aug 20, 2014 at 10:25 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Brainard Lake, Colorado


harshaj1 wrote:
Great image. Like the composition. Only suggestion is to frame the log to one side and not in the dead center. Still a great looking image.
Harsha


Thanks Harsha, I'll keep that in mind. I had a few different compositions, but this one had the best clouds and reflections.

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Klaus Priebe wrote:
Love this place. Used to fish here all the time and hit the Indian Peaks wilderness hiking all the time. Thanks for the view!


Glad it brought back good memories, Klaus.



Aug 22, 2014 at 10:42 AM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Brainard Lake, Colorado


Pretty creative work here. I am not a huge fan of blown out clouds, and I do wish there was more details in the clouds, but it does work here. The dead tree is a bit too bright, with a little halo'ing around the branch poking up. I would for sure take care of that halo.

But overall a pleasing shot.

Jim



Aug 22, 2014 at 11:35 AM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Brainard Lake, Colorado


Good catch. Thanks, Jim.


Aug 22, 2014 at 11:55 AM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Brainard Lake, Colorado


I actually really, really like the composition with the log in the dead center. Yes, skewing it would probably add depth and balance, but in the center is unique.


Aug 22, 2014 at 09:26 PM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Brainard Lake, Colorado


lawa222 wrote:
I actually really, really like the composition with the log in the dead center. Yes, skewing it would probably add depth and balance, but in the center is unique.


Thank you very much, lawa222. I had toyed with others, but kept coming back to this one. I also liked how the arc of the log mimicked the arc in the reflection.



Aug 22, 2014 at 11:52 PM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Brainard Lake, Colorado


Lovely photo.


Aug 23, 2014 at 09:09 PM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Brainard Lake, Colorado


I want to sit in front of the lake and enjoy that view too! Nice picture.

Perhaps if you can either recover some blown highlights from the clouds or else crop them out may make this image stronger.



Aug 24, 2014 at 10:38 AM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Brainard Lake, Colorado


Thank you, both.

I appreciate the comments.



Aug 25, 2014 at 02:04 PM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Brainard Lake, Colorado


I really like the log in the middle as it's curvature seems to mirror the peaks above. Maybe a graduated filter effect in lightroom could help bring more detail into the slightly blown out sky and maybe compose just a bit higher to provide separation from the log in the foreground and the reflection of the trees. Nothing that either can't be tweaked, except for the reflection/log issue. Really very nice.


Aug 25, 2014 at 02:29 PM
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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Brainard Lake, Colorado


Very nicely composed!
Thanks for posting.



Aug 25, 2014 at 07:30 PM
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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Brainard Lake, Colorado


Thank you very much, all. I will see what I can do to tone down those clouds prior to going to print.

I appreciate all of the kind words.



Aug 27, 2014 at 09:52 AM





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