Submitter's name:	Mike Lazzari
Title:	Glacial Erratic
Gear used:	OM-4Ti + 21/3.5 + tripod + maybe a circular polarizer but I don't remember for sure
Diaphragm and Shutter speed:	unknown
Film used:	Superia 200
Technical information:	Nothing technical about the shot, setup tripod and wait. I failed however getting the scan to match the print. I'm still a novice on the image editor. The clouds lack the warm sunset hue, the vignetting is much more pronounced and yeah i see the scratch and will fix it when I have time. I already spent a couple of hours on the dust specks.
Subject information:	Taken on the prairie at the south end of the island overlooking the Straits of Juan de Fuca. Cloud formations are due to the rain shadow effect of the Olympic Mtns. Wish I could have moved the rock about 10m south (right) in the composition.
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Comment left by: Olaf Greve (no e-mail specified)

This shot is a cracker! Truly awesome, I think this is my favourite of this TOPE so far. Now, why can't I ever get shots like that? :)

Comment left by: Winsor (no e-mail specified)

Wow. What a terrific shot.

Comment left by: Chris Barker (imagopus@threeshoes.co.uk)

I like this shot as well; it is smashing. For perfection I might have tried to move the rocks myself :>).

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

Very nice! Without seeing the original I see nothing to complain about in the colors, contrast, or image. A couple of nitpicks - you could simply crop out the scratch and vignetting and still have a great shot - And if you wanted the boulders moved, why not just adjust your own position? That said, there's enough detail in the nearby weeds that the shot escapes the "no nearby focal point" problem. I like this a lot. Some minor tweaking in photoshop or at the printer and you have a winner.

Comment left by: Stephen Scharf (scharfsj@ix.netcom.com)

Wow! D**n. Fantastic photo....wish I had taken it. Just stunning.

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

I like this a lot too! If you analyze it, there is not much too it - so what produces the great emotional response ?

Comment left by: Gary Edwards (no e-mail specified)

Which island? San Juan? One of my favorite locations from 20 years ago when I lived in the region. Excellent shot. Lot's of depth and sense of space and place. Wouldn't moving your camera 10-15 m left have fixed the rock positioning? 21 mm is a good choice for this scene.

Comment left by: Chuck Norcutt (chucknorcutt@attbi.com)

Hmmm. I was so aborbed enjoying the image that I never noticed the scratches until I saw your mention in the text.

Comment left by: Brian Swale (bj@caverock.net.nz)

What a classic landscape shot with powerful features. For me the main elements are the clouds & sky, the erratic, the hill (esker?) behind, and the grass of the foreground. I'd like to see this shot with about half the grass from the bottom to the erratic; the darker half of the grass, cropped out. this would leave the remaining grass nearly all a stronger golden and push the emphasis to the sky. However, the colour and forms of the earthy elements are so strong that they would lose nothing. They might even gain by being smaller. Brian

Comment left by: Alasdair Mackintosh (Alasdair.Mackintosh@ntlworld.com)

Great shot, and I like the way the clouds lead the viewer into the composition. (Ain't 21mm lenses great?) Also like the contrasty effect you've gotten with the grass. My only slight quibble is that the horizon looks to be tilting down ever so slightly to the right. Is this really the case, or is my eye being deceived by the darker tones to the right?

Comment left by: Photographer responds: (no e-mail specified)

I couldn't "move" the boulder by changing camera position. This was dictated by foreground and background objects which I wished to exclude. I chose not to crop the sky in order to keep the blue. I also wanted the grass detail in the foreground to add interest. Unfortunately my scan doesn't do the print justice. Not sure about the horizon as islands in the background break it up, but the ground does slope to the right. Thanks for all the generous comments.

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