Delaware Gap II Photo

Photographer’s Note

This shot is from about 1 km further north and higher up along the west bank of the Delaware from my last post.

Here we can see an important roadway as it snakes along the river's edge. This is Interstate 80, one of the most heavily travled highways in the country. It crosses the United States, connecting New York City to San Francisco, via Chicago, Omaha, Cheyenne, Salt Lake City, Sacramento and several other important cities along the way. We see it here at the western edge of New Jersey.

PP: RAW to TIFF, then PS levels, plus sharpened. I know the clouds are overcooked, I don't know how to handle this. Advice?

quantabeh, Steft, bertolucci, weswang, Tue, elihesamian, Fixfocus, ChrisJ, alvaraalto, PixelTerror, jhm, Galmeida, Gix, zenitlady, richtersl has marked this note useful

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quantabeh (5203) 2005-05-20 11:03

hi Matt,
excellent photo, with really beautiful tonality and a fantastic perspective. It must be so nice traveling on this road around here.
nice angle of shot!

Steft (5962) 2005-05-20 11:25

Did you drive on the whole of the Interstate 80? It must be nice to do that, but I will probably take some time. The US are so big.

Nice green tones. The clouds have patterns that are a bit like the patterns on a cow, but only the colours are different. Nice wide view as well.

alexlie (5359) 2005-05-20 12:11

Hi Matt!
Another good landscape photo. Colors are great but sky is a bit strange. Perspective is indeed fantastic. Really nice shot.
Regards.

bertolucci (11976) 2005-05-20 13:08

Hi Matt! I like this crisp and deep picture full of lush green hues. The contrast between the concrete infrastructure and the natural textures is great but the thing that really makes this shot is the lovely variety of green textures and hues. Very well done!
Regards from Rotterdam, Bert.

Tue (25608) 2005-05-20 17:04

Hi Matt,
Great shot! Great landscape! I like all the trees you captured here! Good light too, very well done! :-D
Groetjes,
Lars

elihesamian (26091) 2005-05-21 6:59

What a nice light and shadow you had in the day! and a great green texture you captured nicely.very beautiful place you show us,it's very similar with north of Iran :)
Great POV,too and very well composed,Thanks for posting it,Matt!
Yours
M

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Fixfocus (9377) 2005-05-21 9:36

A beautiful landscape compo,Matt!Nice play of lights and shadows here.A pity with that strange effect on the sky.
regards!
hermann

weswang (18223) 2005-05-21 11:34

Hi Matt, a nice capture of the beautiful scenery next to a busy interstate. I think I drove through that part before, never get chance to watch the scene because of the winding road in the area. The mountain and the river is beautifully curve through this picture with all the mountains covered with green. An excellent compo and very nice shot.

alvaraalto (5231) 2005-05-21 17:25

Hi Matt,
Beautiful composition in green.
Interesting place. Indeed, something strange happened with the clouds.
groet Rob

ChrisJ (70153) 2005-05-22 4:01

Hi Matt

I like the shadows of the clouds on the forested hillside & the curve of the concrete embankment. Good color & sharpness. Well done!

yekjohn (1886) 2005-05-22 10:25

I like the play of shadows on the trees. Very nice place and I really should try to make a point of visiting someday. In the meantime, thanks for sharing. Cheers, John.

jhm (82341) 2005-05-22 14:33

Dear Matt,
Wonderful game between sun and shadow on the the trees, the curving beneath of the river give lovely perspective. Dear Matt, I would diminish above the sky until the trees.
But it's a beautiful picture now too.
Greetings,
John.

MvS (4163) 2005-05-22 16:13

Very beautiful place, and the light on the hill is great! The overcooked sky looks pretty cool, but unreal of course. You could have claimed it was some snow covered mountains or something. I have no smart tricks for you, just that you could crop more of it.
Thanks,
Magnus

PixelTerror (86058) 2005-05-23 5:01

Hi Matt,
Good PoV here overlooking the river and many details to be seen, including the green sign on the interstate, very green view generally speaking, yes you have an issue with the sky here, I would advise to work on a selection to try to fix it, but I'm not very good at it ;-))
Good luck !
Jean-Yves

Emile (19917) 2005-05-23 19:58

Very nice landscape Matt.
Good composition. With great colors and sharpness.
Your note is excellent.
thanks.

Galmeida (12559) 2005-05-24 7:10

Hi Matt,
It's my return to critiques and posts at TE, after a week at Azores archipel and the beautiful S.Miguel island, that now is my new starting Serie. Many North European and also North America tourists there.

Good Picture, angle of view, excelent soft colors, sharpness and enquadrement. Beautiful nature landscape very well captured.

Congratulations!
Fernando

devimeuxbe (55865) 2005-05-24 18:09

Hi Matt
Incredible shap in your picture. I lijke the composition too with the large part for the green forest.
Regards
Bertrand

oochappan (22032) 2005-05-25 4:51

Good natural greens in this view and I agree here you could maybe benefit this capture by cropping the sky out or as I see you work from RAW to edit the RAW only concentrating on the clouds and joint it together with the landscape here as long it was not totally overexposed.
Warm greetings
Henk

jemaflor (39289) 2005-05-26 14:30

Nice effect with this light. Beautiful green, well framed Matt.

Motrem (2392) 2005-05-28 19:56

Mountains to cut the breath. All this greenery is magnificent under this light. The sky is a problem, but I cannot help you.

Des montagnes à couper le souffle. Toute cette verdure est magnifique sous cette lumière. Le ciel est un problème, mais je ne peux vous aider.

zenitlady (219) 2005-05-29 13:17

Hi Matt! Some of the most beautiful scenery in the U.S. I love Pennsylvania! Wonderful sunlit composition and great POV. Must be beautiful now, with the honeysuckle and azaleas blooming. Great shot! Thanks! Linda

richtersl (3544) 2005-06-13 8:08

This is a fine photo! Just where along Route 80 were you when you took the photo? I don't recall seeing a very good area to pull over anywhere near the Water Gap.

The green colors here are great and you have some wonderful foreground detail!

It's a shame about the clouds. Do you have a polarizing filter? That might help with the cloud situation.

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