At 7,556m or 24790ft, Mt. Gongga (also known as Minya Konka) is the highest mountain in the Sichuan Province of China (struck by the devastating earthquake earlier this year...)
Looks like a fabulous subject and the lighting on the mountain is superb.The black lower half, however, very much distracts from the image. Another vantage point would have produced a much stronger image.
I'm looking forward to other images from your country, particularly of this magnificent mountain.
Wow - the background in this shot is spectacular! Excellent lighting, beautiful location, and gorgeous clouds. I'd remove the foreground completely - it's doing nothing for you at all. Welcome!
Varina Patel
Dec 04, 2008 at 02:26 PM
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Wonderful atmospheric image, and quite a spectacular view.
I like the little bit of silhouetted fg now, less obtrusive and still offers terrific depth to the bg mtns.
Welcome to the forum, Vario. Excellent and moody image, with a wonderful view of the mountains in great light.
I didn't see the uncropped version, but this works OK; with enough foreground, sloping into the corner, to work compositionally. I would like to see the view Don suggests, from higher up, eliminating that piece of foreground and exchanging it for the other side of the slope. Hopefully you will show more of these dramatic mountains, as well as other shots from China.
bshamilton wrote:
Wonderful atmospheric image, and quite a spectacular view.
I like the little bit of silhouetted fg now, less obtrusive and still offers terrific depth to the bg mtns.
MartinMcl wrote:
Welcome to the forum, Vario. Excellent and moody image, with a wonderful view of the mountains in great light.
I didn't see the uncropped version, but this works OK; with enough foreground, sloping into the corner, to work compositionally. I would like to see the view Don suggests, from higher up, eliminating that piece of foreground and exchanging it for the other side of the slope. Hopefully you will show more of these dramatic mountains, as well as other shots from China.
Thank you! The area is spectacular and I do plan to come back next year
I added a couple of more shots to the original post
