Alex Andrews
July 2025 - Mt Shasta
About the Image(s)
Used same trip as last month. Mt Shasta, 200'elev. 6.67mm, 1.9ap., 1/320ss, ISO 200. 3 shot bracket -/+. Taken 5-30-25. Mt Shasta CA. Merged in photoshop some adjustment for display.
6 comments posted
Great picture, Alex! Beautiful scene and nicely layered. It makes me want to go there!
A couple of comments... Although I like that you have broken the "don't put the horizon in the middle of the picture" rule, I think there is just a little too much sky. I would crop down a little. Not so much that the sky is only 1//3 of the picture (according to "the rules") but just so that it is not quite so vast. Perhaps cropping off 1/8 or so.
Also, I'll bet you can bring out a little more in those dark trees. Beware not to make the lighter trees streaking through the forest too light... don't give them a toxic green color.
Mark Denney talks about local edits for trees in the first image in his video this week, and talks about toxic greens in his third "editing mistake" at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRm5vd-RAfM
And lastly, I see a bright triangle in the sky in the upper left. I don't think it was clouds in the sky, but came about because of the processing. If you crop in from the top, you will remove most of it, but there would be some left, and I recommend you try to blend it in. Posted: 07/05/2025 15:16:48
A couple of comments... Although I like that you have broken the "don't put the horizon in the middle of the picture" rule, I think there is just a little too much sky. I would crop down a little. Not so much that the sky is only 1//3 of the picture (according to "the rules") but just so that it is not quite so vast. Perhaps cropping off 1/8 or so.
Also, I'll bet you can bring out a little more in those dark trees. Beware not to make the lighter trees streaking through the forest too light... don't give them a toxic green color.
Mark Denney talks about local edits for trees in the first image in his video this week, and talks about toxic greens in his third "editing mistake" at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRm5vd-RAfM
And lastly, I see a bright triangle in the sky in the upper left. I don't think it was clouds in the sky, but came about because of the processing. If you crop in from the top, you will remove most of it, but there would be some left, and I recommend you try to blend it in. Posted: 07/05/2025 15:16:48
Hi Alex, I used to live in Redding, so I'm very familiar with Mt. Shasta. It is a gorgeous, 14K ft. mountain and it dominates the skyline in the North State. This is a nice image! I agree with Drema on a cropping out most of the sky. Maybe a 2:1 aspect ratio. I also agree with Drema on brightening up the darks, especially in the trees. The entire image looks bit underexposed to me. Also, the white balance looks a bit to cool to me. Posted: 07/09/2025 06:51:58
Well done Alex, great shot. I think cropping some of the sky from the top of the image would be helpful. Posted: 07/09/2025 23:55:32
Hi Alex, I agree with the other comments, especially the trees being a bit too dark. I think that this is overall a really good looking image. Posted: 07/24/2025 22:16:12
I can be hard being the last, or nearly the last, person to comment, but, yes, I would crop down, and also in from the right a little. I think a bit of a road is showing in the lower center which could be eliminated with CAF.
P.S., I have a Shasta summit from the early 00s. This image brings back some fond (well maybe not so fond) memories. Posted: 07/27/2025 19:49:44
P.S., I have a Shasta summit from the early 00s. This image brings back some fond (well maybe not so fond) memories. Posted: 07/27/2025 19:49:44
hi Alex, great shot... beautiful day to drone! Yes, too much sky... maybe add a similar sky with some nice clouds... but great detail on the mountain. Posted: 07/28/2025 21:06:17