Critique Welcomed Wind Mountain

[Ralph Thornton]

This is one of my favorite mountains to climb. Only take a few hours and it's lots of fun. This view was made from across the valley of the South Fork of the Teton during my first backpack of the season. The habitat here is very windy and dry. Few plants can tolerate those conditions. Most of the trees are limber pines which seem to thrive in dry and windy spots.

 

[adrian jordin]

It even looks like the mountain has been bent by the wind.
I can see why you like it though it must be a bit bleak in bad weather.

 

[Hamish Gill]

That's a beauty!!
An to think some people refuse to do landscape photography at any other time than the "golden hour"
This really captures the landscape as it is!
Very nicely framed too!!

 

[Ralph Thornton]

Thanks Adrian.
Hamish, I was up at sunrise to photograph Wind Mountain from our camp. That was at 5:55 am. But the sky was cloudy and no magic light appeared. Fortunately I got this result later in the morning.

 

[Davie Hudson]

Excellent shot, I love the dots of colour and the vibrant shades of green

 

[Chris Dodkin]

That's a mighty fine shot Ralph

Loving the portrait format, and the way you used the foreground rocks to lead into the main mountain

The pops of orange color in the heather? are great, and the clouds in the sky really finish it off nicely

 

[Lesley Jones]

That is a wonderful shot. I love the freshness of the heather and the foreground interest with the rocks. You can almost draw a line from those right up to the mountain peak. Lovely!

 

[Ralph Thornton]

Sometimes I hunt around quite a bit to find the composition I want to shoot. This time as my friend and I were hiking along I sort of fell right into the spot. I called a rest break so I could set up the tripod and shoot. The clouds were a problem as they intermittently shaded either the foreground or the mountain in the distance. I think we spent more than 40 minutes there shooting the scene with different lighting and slightly different framing.

 

[Brian Moore]

Beauty Ralph. I, too, like how the rocks in the foreground lead your eye right up that mountain. Colors are delightful, too.

 

[Pete Askew]

Not much more I can add. Love the lead lines Ralph. A lovely shot indeed.