Originally posted by biz-engineer Panorama of Brunnsee scenery under challenging light, mid afternoon sun partially obstructed by white clouds.
Use of 6 stop ND, 2 stops ND grad, 3 vertical exposures with nodal rail, per-processed and stitched to 100Mpixels, 4:3 crop, downsized for this post.
I will preface my remarks with the disclaimer that what I have to say is purely a matter of individual taste, and I do not mean to criticize the composition, merely to point out some personal preferences I found running through my brain when I looked at that picture.
No question, it's a great picture, but it has too many beautiful things in one shot. Each distracts from the others. I think there's like five or six outstanding pictures in that one shot, each of which could be cropped out and enlarged. The best part of it, by my lights, is the mountain in the center, flanked by the others on either side and some reflection in the pond. But I almost didn't see that at first, because of the waterfall in the foreground, which captured my attention (without being particularly terrific in and of itself). The side mountains are terrific by themselves,the clouds as well as the right-hand side of the pond (algae and all) are terrific, as is the part with the reflections. The whole right hand side by itself. The upper right quadrant. The upper third and the lower third as panorama.
I don't rightly know, maybe it's just too magical a place.