Cradle Mountain & Dove Lake

[Steveo_Hants]

A shot from my recent trip to Tasmania.

Honest C&C appreciated.

 

[Huss]

I can see what your trying to do with this shot, However I think the foreground foilage spoils the shape of the lake, if that makes sense. It is unfortunate that the cloud it so low too as I think the shot would have been improved greatly with some interesting light and more features. Just my opinion and not saying it is right

 

[Steveo_Hants]

Thanks for your comments. I think the cloud give a bit of atmosphere in the absence of golden hour light!

It looks so much better at full screen size on my 24in iMac then is does at 800px wide.

 

[EdinburghGary]

For me, the shot works. Whilst I agree with the comments above, I also think it works in its current form. A lovely dramatic landscape, looks like an awesome place to visit.

Gary.

 

[RobertP]

Too much of one bush in the foreground for me. I want to get higher and look over it
It's a nice scene and the cloud level gives some scale. The bush and the burnt out patch of sky do detract from it a bit.

 

[aberal]

I cycled to the top of cradle mountain once. Couldn't see a darn thing for the mist. Cycled back down again.

Did see a Tasmanian Devil though, which was cool.

Agree with the general comments about the photo, but it might benefit a bit from a crop off the bottom to lose some of the bush, though the sky lacks a bit of definition at this scale.

 

[Steveo_Hants]

Cheers for the comments guys. I increased the foreground as there was no interest in the rest of the sky/clouds. On a larger scale there is more definition in the clouds, well at least on the iMac screen there is, maybe I need to calibrate my screen.

Aberal, that must have been one hell of a ride up there, serious acheivement.

 

[aberal]

Aberal, that must have been one hell of a ride up there, serious acheivement.

It was a tad hilly as I recall. Stayed in a place going by the godawful name of "Cosy Cabins".

This shot here, taken with a 2.1 mp Canon Ixus and not a great photo to my more experienced eyes, is on the road leading to Cradle Mountain (seen in the distance), and was for a long time my very favourite photo. Not so much for its technical qualities, but for the feelings it evokes. In fact this has given me an idea for another thread...