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Hello Lenspiration community, I met James this past weekend at a wedding we were both shooting. He introduced me to Lenspiration, so I thought I’d submit one of my most recent attempts at a landscape shot and get some feedback from anyone interested… It’s been awhile since I’ve done much shooting and just recently dusted off the camera bag.
This is a shot of Crater Lake from the south rim. we were driving home from California and decided to stop on our way north. Unfortunately we arrived in the middle of the day and didn’t have a lot of time to scout around, so the lighting is not ideal. This was a bit overexposed so I used a curves layer in photoshop to drag down the intensity of the exposure a bit. Color wasn’t off too much. In case you’ve never been to Crater Lake, it really is that vibrant blue… that’s not photo shopped.
Well here it is, let me have it. Unfortunately I won’t be able to go back anytime soon to reshoot with your suggestions, but I’m sure I can use your input for other shooting.
Thanks for looking.
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It does look far too saturated and contrasty and the WB looks way off. shot in .jpg I’m assuming.
The foreground does not provide interest and distracts from the beauty of the lake. Dead trees generally should be avoided for framing the shot. It kind of gives the impression of a tourist overlook spot.
Makes we want to visit though.Welcome to the community, @adoregon11! It will be neat to see your shots from Oregon here on the forums. I assume that’s where you live? I’ve seen very little of your incredible state, but I have been to Crater Lake, and you are right! that water is unbelievably vibrant.
From what I recall, that lake was very difficult to shoot. It’s impossible to get to the water’s edge for the most part, and it’s just one vast puddle of water. When viewing from any side of the lake, the slopes on the opposite side seem so far away and flat. Including foreground elements is vital to that location, from what I can remember.
The white balance is what comes to mind first. If you shot in JPG and if the white balance was off, there’s not much you can do about it. That blue color is just very difficult to remove. Not even in Photoshop.
What I would do is try to position myself in such a way that I could see more of that peak off to the left. That would make a nice prominent element for my eye to go to in the background. It’s nice that you have the shot framed on the right and left, but I would say there is too much dirt in the foreground. I wonder what you could have done with those shapely roots if you had moved quite closer to them and fiddled around with some “forced perspective” compositions.
Those are my initial thoughts. Thanks for posting, and I’m sorry my comments were so long in coming. 🙂 I hope your first impression of the community won’t wash out future involvement.
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