Morning View Photo

Photographer’s Note

The hill peaking above the fog is Matney Mountain located on the edge of the Leatherwoods in the Ozarks. The white river flows by the mountain and is often the source of dense early morning fog. This particular morning was particularly beautiful, at least to my wife and I so I grabed the camera to capture the moment. This was the best of several pictures. Matney is three miles away as the crow flies in my southern view.

I enjoy mountain biking. The ride to the top of Matney is not my normal ride, but I try to make it at least once a year either when the leaves have fallen off the trees, or before the pawpaws are harvested by the racoons. The fruit of the pawpaw tree is also known as an "Arkansas Banana". It takes me twenty minutes to get to the Sheid Bridge from my home. From the bridge it takes another forty-five minutes to get to the top of the mountain. From the top of the mountain back to the bridge is only ten minutes.

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Pablix (68) 2005-10-14 12:01

Hola David! me gusta mucho el color que toma el cielo en contraste con el color negro de las siluetas de los árboles y con la montaña al fondo asomando sobre el mar de nubes formado por el río. Una crítica personal, le hubiera quitado un poco de bosque en la parte inferior de la foto. Muy buena, felicidades.

jwmunro (6357) 2005-10-14 20:02

Good evening David -

This image has a lot of potential. I like the POV and love the color of the sky and the valley fog. The foreground is a bit dark and large. Also, the tree at the right is not framing but is kind of intruding on the image, IMO. A slightly better POV would have been one or two steps to the left to iminimize or completely remove the tree. I would like to have posted a workshop to show you how to brighten the foreground but you have not allowed that function.

A good attempt - keep shooting and thanks for sharing

katya11 (334) 2005-10-29 23:15

David,
I like this shot, the colors are muted, but that is how the morning often is. I like the addition of the tree limbs with pinecones. Very nice touch! The mountain in the distance swathed in clouds is great. Really nice pov and composition.
Thanks for posting,
Katie
P.S. I appreciate your WS on my picture

HOBO (5244) 2005-11-05 11:57

Hello David,
I like those morning view, preferred a bit foggy. A calm and relaxind picture (of course not when just arrived by bike). Well done to frame the opposite hill by branches.
Regards
Knut

martou (1672) 2005-12-08 23:44

bonjour David, nice shot, good composition, thanks for interesting note, bravo et merci Martin

banyanman (7743) 2006-01-13 7:18

Good composition and nice soft colours you have captured here, David. I love this early morning light. Cheers . . . David

arghya001 (310) 2007-10-30 20:34