Pilot Peak

[Steve Robinson]

Two different views of Pilot Peak from the Clarks Fork River east of Yellowstone. Pentax K20D and DA* 50-135mm f/2.8.

50mm, 1/60 @ f/22, ISO 200.

Thanks for looking, C&C always welcome.

 

[Mike Shimwell]

Hi Steve

I prefer the second as the first is almost too wide - not in look, but the subjects seem to be getting lost in the frame (it might work better on paper).

One thing that does interest me, given the two shots, is how big the river/stream really is. It looks small in the first and quite significant in the second?

Mike

 

[Steve Robinson]

Thanks Mike. At this time of year the rivers and streams are mere trickles compared to the spring snow melt runoff. In June the Clarks Fork would have filled the entire width of the river bed and the water flow would have been like rapids. When I took the 2nd image I was standing near the middle of the stream bed.

 

[beth anthony]

i like the first one better, theres a nice S curve in the river that leads the eye up to the peak. i would have liked to have seen a little bit lower perspective, maybe closer into the river the bring some interest into the bottom 1/4 of the photo where theres just rocks.

 

[Steve Robinson]

Pilot Peak Side by Side

As Asher requested here are the two Pilot Peak images side by side.

 

[Asher Kelman]

As Asher requested here are the two Pilot Peak images side by side.

Thanks, Steve,

Seeing them alongside one another allows one to recognize something quite interesting. In the first picture, the mountain in the background has a wonderful array of trees which isn't really revealed in the second picture. The latter has the curve of the river.

This shows the difficult opportunity, the "Sophie's Choice" dilemma facing artists and here, the landscape photographer. Can one save both? Is the answer a wider lens or a different vantage point or maybe we need these two pictures and more to really show the sight at that site.

Asher

 

[beth anthony]

This shows the difficult opportunity, the "Sophie's Choice" dilemma facing artists and here, the landscape photographer. Can one save both?

it wouldn't be that hard to merge elements from each photo in photoshop...