This is a nice composition & subject with good exposure & focus and aptly fits your title. As posted it does a fine job of relaying the lay of the land so to speak. As something more than that, i think it fails. IMHO, I wouldn't have taken the shot as is, due to the blown out sky. Don't know if there was a way to get a 'similar' view with no/less sky, but I would have tried if I really wanted this shot for more than info. Perhaps another time of day or a different day with less direct light.
Hope this helps Thanks for posting Kenneth Waller -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO: Invitation to Hike I took this about 3-4 months ago when I was checking out the Mitchell Canyon area of Mt. Diablo for the upcoming NorCal PDML meet (we went elsewhere). The CA hills are yellowish brown now, then they were verdant green. I wasn?t sure I would share this ? but this is a quintessential Marnie shot. I have taken tons of these kinds of photos: late afternoon, tree trunks backlit to black, dark shadows, trail. So I decided to share it because it IS a quintessential Marnie shot ? romantizing/idealizing nature. I get that way when walking outdoors. ;-) I am unsure how distracting the white sky is (which often happens in this type of shot), and/or how distracting the slightly blown highlights of the white sky are. http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/trail1.htm Comments welcome. Marnie aka Doe ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com
