[Leica] IMG: In the dying of the light - Lake Tahoe, 2 October 2010

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca)]

Adam Bridge showed:
Subject: [Leica] IMG: In the dying of the light - Lake Tahoe, 2 October 2010


> Shot looking eastward toward the Nevada side from Carnelian Bay. The
> panoramas will be amazing because that's part of a double rainbow as
> the light came sliding in beneath the cloud deck and above the peaks
> of the Sierra to the west. My wife and I were in awe.
>
> <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Lake-Tahoe/14018035_JMVt4#1031308895_W5M4e-A-LB>

Jeeesh Adam,
I hate to  sound like the old grouch when the moment has such fantastic 
potential! But here goes. :-(

The branches sticking in right side and the top kill it! And I don't think 
you have enough room to crop the right side to get rid of them and still 
maintain  a composition balance.

I think your options were when you shot the picture. Either gone wider and 
used the branches as part of the picture rather than a distraction to 
sun-rainbow sky as we see here.

Or tried to get an angle to eliminate the branches completely in the initial 
exposure. Probably by moving forward if possible, or a longer lens. Both of 
which I have no idea if it were possible. However.

But right now they are nothing more than a distraction and I doubt enough 
room for any kind of reasonable cropping  to maintain a the potential of 
what could/would have been  a very nice photograph.

And yes I can well understand why you and your wife were in awe. It is a 
very beautiful scene with incredible potential. Next time.

Sorry mate.
 cheers,
Dr. ted