Lamplough
by moolacoola

Comment by Ja-9:
just a little dark in the exposure...but a wonderful place none the less...such rugged beauty

Lamplough
by moolacoola

Comment by justine:
Wow this is vast, and rugged looking. I like how you did this, very good.

Lamplough
by moolacoola

Comment by Melethia:
Great use of the person for scale; awesome sky. Is that glacial activity on the right?

Lamplough
by moolacoola

Comment by bmartuch:
Gorgeous shot. I like the hill poking out in the distance.

Lamplough
by moolacoola

Comment by KarenNfld:
Dramatic, the person gives a sense of scale. Nice.

Lamplough
by moolacoola

Comment by claylikethemud:
Very moody and wonderful to have the figure on the mountain. More interesting foreground element and a stronger directional light source to give more definition to the mountains would have made even better.

Lamplough
by moolacoola

Comment by robm001:
great shot. IMO it could be better with the foreground cropped out a bit.

Lamplough
by moolacoola

Comment by v5planet:
stunning landscape portrait.

Lamplough
by moolacoola

Comment by RianBotes:
The person on the hill giving soem scale to it all works well. The rock right in middle bottom is a bit bothersome for me. Its in the frame just enough to be seen but just out of it to not really have a purpose there

Dare to be D I F F E R E N T
by moolacoola

Comment by jmsetzler:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

This is an intriguing photograph. It's a landscape that I am definitely not used to seeing and that provides a significantly higher interest level. I would have had to look at this image for quite a while to really get a grasp of what I was seeing without being able to see your own comment on the image. It's almost mystical with your description, and its very well composed. The only comment you have that has any critique is the one from ELLIPS. I'm not sure what he might not like about your composition. His comments regarding that didn't make any sense to me. I can also see detail in all your shadow area, so maybe ELLIPS just needs a monitor calibration. In fact, that brings up another point. This is a very well exposed image. When you have white and black objects in a scene, making the correct exposure can be a nightmare, and you have done very well with that.

I'm not really sure why the collective vote in this challenge didn't find this photo to be worth any more than a 5.6. I didn't vote in this challenge or look at any of the images, but in general, you gotta have something eye popping in color and subject choice to do well in any challenge. Shiny things tend to appeal to the masses :)