+++ The Weekly Landscape Thread - #7, 2025.03.21

A lot of the appeal of this shot comes from the vantage point the photographer used. I can't see any clues to what it was but it enabled the welcoming open gate( with its shadow), the corridor of light connecting to the sparkling stream and the glimpse down the hillside beyond. Beautifully positioned shadows.

This is a very comprehensive account of the hike and I enjoyed walking along with you.
Some general comments about these as a series with text. I think you have too many photos that are too similar.
Gateway is an appropriate setting out shot.
I don't feel that Looking West is contributing to the series.
Burnt Offerings shows a significant point but I think you only need one of them. The second shows more of the landcsape in which the trunks are set and I'd choose that one.
The Unmarked Pool. I'd suggest using just one of them and I think the second is the better.
The view of Sun over Healey Nab is visually too close to some of the other shots. I think I'd leave this one out and make do with only the text until the Summit of Hearst Hill shot.
The two Great hill shots and the approach of sunset are all quite visually close. Consider using just one of them that also show the approach of the end of the day. This gives a lead in to the Round loaf Summit Cairn photo. It's beautiful and provides a fitting climax to the effort of the walk. It's difficult to add another shot after this - it's sort of anti climactic. I'd usr just one of the last rwo - the Limestone Brook image. It has a close of day feel that works with the end of the story.
The following is likely to be just me . It's a personal taste thing. In a series I prefer more visual continuity. I'd suggest using either B&W or colour and staying with it.
Let's see how others feel about this.

Quite stunning. The proportions feel just right, the lower shore, the sea with the reflections, the aurora and the stars above it. They are all playing an important part in the total image. The rocks on the sea of green are pure magic.
Wish I'd been there. I'm envious.

* Yes, looking at the series as presented I agree. "The second day" didn't add much, It's a more effective and more consise "story", without the last two

The vantage point... as I remember it was the steep eroded bank of the stream. It was indeed the light and shadow effects that attracted me. Glad you like it.

Glad you liked it. The extra separation came from the mist that was thicker in the distance but had almost cleared where I was standing, so the big tree looks clearer and more contrasty ,... and perhaps like a cutout :-)

I can offer two more with the same hut with slightly different focal lenghth and varying amounts of fog, maybe one of these is better ?

Nice, I love such whiteout scenes. But on this image I'd framed (or cropped) out the traces on bottom right, IMO they are distraction, adding nothing to image.

Gulf of what? :D
Glorious and fiery colours indeed, having low clouds adds to this.

Impressive indeed, I haven't heard of it, so I visited Wiki to learn about it. Haven't thought that it was done by humans. Is the image panoramic shot? I'd love to see bit more below, currently it seems to "hang". But I understand that it's hard to grasp and photograph all this area.

The last one is the better I think, but both lack the patches of blue sky and sunlight that lift the original. You'll just have to go back on another foggy day 😉

a stream dream (heh, get it?)

This picture was taken somewhere im the Salzburg Alps last year in may. There's still some snow clinging on for dear life, but spring is clearly winning at this point. Even if it takes much much longer to get there than in lower altitudes.

I think the B&W treatment works well here. The gate in the foreground and the path leading back into the distance give some good depth to the image

I’ve found a couple of unmarked pools in the past on my travels too, it feels like making a discovery 😉
Nice colours here with the orange and brown grasses and the blue in the sky and the pool. The masts in the distance give a point of interest

Again good to see this one in B&W. Personally, I would have probably cropped quite a lot off the bottom making it into a panorama format and giving even more prominence to the cairn.

Gentle hills, pictured here in a warm light, I might have cropped just a bit off the bottom here too.

It’s a lovely sunset, the colours are very good and that cairn gives a great point of foreground interest. You could perhaps try darkening the shadows even a touch more so that the cairn and the grasses “behind” it looks like they really are in shadow. That would give more overall contrast to the image and even though the sky is unchanged it gives the impression that that the sky becomes even brighter in comparison to the foreground and looks even more impressive.

Hiking in darkness sounds tricky and not without its share of danger 😉
The colours left after the sun has set are very gentle here, is that frost on the grasses?

Nice to see you posting here, Steve 😊
Looks like you had a worthwhile and enjoyable trip.
Although quite long it makes for an interesting story.
Above, you can see my picks with a few comments to them

Wow!
I've never seen the aurora myself. I'd certainly be willing to wait an hour and a half at 0°C to see something like this !
The bright green lake looks completely still, maybe that impression is also helped by your long 2s exposure ?
The black stones are interesting and make the green lake look even brighter.
Good to hear that this aurora was also visible to the naked eye. I like how the the green aurora is replaced with the dark star filled sky towards the top of the image.
A slight crop off the bottom to make the beach just a bit thiner would concentrate even more on the amazing astronomical events here.

This does indeed have a 'dream-like' quality to it, due perhaps to the underexposure creating a rather spooky atmosphere.

The photo does look good :-)
...and maybe "a bit dark" is what you wanted, but just to give an alternative view, here is a quick edit with the foreground shadow area made a bit brighter. I left it still dark enough to give the brighter path at the top and the bright stream a chance to shine through and still look bright.

I feel Fireplace is correct about the need to brighten the foreground. I'm not against dark images but here the problem is the sky. It's too bright in relation to the rest. Then there is the little bright patch of trail at the top. It is ll taking the viewer's eye away from the well positioned stream.
If you have time, try a small increase in the shadow areas and then using a brush with plenty of feathering, add a little more brightening along the course of the stream.

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