This was taken from one of the vista points on the 17 mile drive in Monterey, CA. A thick fog was rolling in as the sun set. Canon Elan II, 28/105-3.5/4.5, Fuji ASA 100, exposure unrecorded (used aperture priority and underexposed by a stop), scanned from 4x6 print.

-- Bhaskar Thiagarajan (bhaskart@hotmail.com), January 05, 1999

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I like the lonely feel of the trees in the lower right and the nice detail in them. I also like the fog? of the middle right as the bright sky melts into it. Thanks for posting it.

-- Micheal F. Kelly (Kellys@alaska.net), January 06, 1999.

Hi Bhaskar,

Nice shot. I like the subject and the quality of the light (close to being one in the same here?). A couple of suggestions would be to have the uppermost treeline on the left come a bit closer to the top of the frame. This would eliminate the sky and help isolate those nice rays coming through the trees. Also, if that brightest band is the ocean it looks as though the horizon line is a bit tilted.

I wonder if this shot would have benefited from the use of a GND filter?

Regards,

-- Jim Harrison (Hphoto@earthlink.net), January 06, 1999.

Bhaskar,

You got the light but the composition could be stronger. I recommend: first, crop 20% from the top. second, make the rays come out about 20% below the upper left corner of the cropped image. third, crop the right hand portion about 10% (keep that bottom tree that makes a "Y"). Emphasise the beautiful diagonal that the "gods rays" make but don't make them quite go directly from corner to corner. It looks like cloud tops to me in the distance. Leveling that line thru them (or the ocean, if that is what it is) should also be done regardless.

just my opinion.

Cheers

-- Bill (Bill.Wyman@utas.edu.au), January 06, 1999.

A great image. I also agree that there is too much sky. even if you use an ND filter, still the sky takes away from the bottom of the image which gives it strength. I would get rid of the sky just above the dark clouds and then IMO you have a winner. thanks for sharing.

-- Bahman Farzad (cpgbooks@mindspring.com), January 07, 1999.