Submitter's name:	Conrad Vogel
Title:	Almost Spring
Gear used:	OM-1n + 200/4.0 + tripod
Diaphragm:	f16
Shutter speed:	1/15
Film used:	Fuji Sensia 100 ASA
Technical information:	Shot with my "new" silvernose 200/4.0 & polarizer
Subject information:	Schafer Peak of the Green Monarchs taken on a sunny, snowy day at the mouth of the Clark Fork River, where it drains into Lake Pend Oreille in northern Idaho. The picture was taken in the drift yard where logs & debris are diverted away from the lake.
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Comment left by: Brian Swale (no e-mail specified)

Very evocative of clear cold winter in mountain country. If this represents "Spring On The Way" I'd like to see what "Winter is now here" looks like !! The clouds 'make' the shot. I like the sharpness and the natural colours.

Comment left by: Wayne Harridge (no e-mail specified)

Colours are quite subtle considering the polarizer

Comment left by: Ian Nichols (i.a.nichols@blueyonder.co.uk)

Now there's a rarity - a landscape shot in which the clouds are a compositional element. Nicely timed.

Comment left by: bbbean (bbbean@beancotton.com)

I agree about the cloouds. In fact, I'd consider cropping out some of the sky to emphasize the clouds and mountains even more. Nice shot.

Comment left by: Anonymous Visitor

I only turned the polorizer about 1/4 turn - Any more and it made the sky look a little "fake" It does look better with about 15% of the top gone... thanks

Comment left by: Moose (dreammoose@attbi.com)

Love the mountains and clouds. I think I would crop not only sky, but foreground up to the top of the blank section of snow. Partially for my idea of composition, but mostly to allow the clouds and mountains to be bigger within the TOPE size confines.

Comment left by: John A. Lind (no e-mail specified)

This would make a good 8x10 as the sky allows taking some off the top. If you do it, keep the horizon line off center or it will cut the image in two. I agree with Barry and Ian about the clouds; they are an essential element in making this work. [The sky is a key element in most landscapes and is sometimes overlooked.] Look at your slide to see if there's a little more detail in the foreground snow and in the leading edge of the clouds than shows in this digital scan. There's enough ground foliage poking through it and sufficient cloud detail that it's OK as is. However, if there's more on the slide and if you can work with scanning it to pick up those details, try it and compare the two. If it loses too much dark mountain detail, preserve that and leave it as-is. I'm thinking about how much density to ask for if you have a print made from this one.

Comment left by: Donald MacDonald (no e-mail specified)

I really like this one. When I was playing about with it in Photoshop LE I tweaked the Levels a bit and the additional contrast was a benefit IMHO. The foreground snow looks a little washed out, but rather that than lose the detail elsewhere. Wish we still got winters, here.

Comment left by: Mickey Trageser (no e-mail specified)

The clouds look like a gentle giant. The feel of the photo is very chilly, yet beautiful. I'd have cropped out some of the blue sky as its relative saturation distracts from the curvature of the mountains and the snow mounds. I like the contrast of the bluish mountains and the tan growth rising from the snow.

Comment left by: Jez Cunningham (no e-mail specified)

Great to see a 'portrait' shot for a landscape! I feel the foreground shrubbery should have their bases showing and as others said you could have less blue sky - so tip the camera down a few degrees... And as you have to go back to re-shoot it, maybe a bit more to the right!

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