Canon Elan II
Sigma 70-210 f/4~5.6 @ 210 and f/8
Tripod Mounted.

I am not sure why but the color was actually moving up the mountain. Any explinations? Shot in Provo Canyon, Utah, September 97.

-- Cleeo W. Wright (ckwright@xmission.com), September 03, 1998

Answers

Cool air sinks, warm air rises. In the fall, it is common for valley temps at night to actually be colder than on the peaks. These 'heat inversions' are common during calm days when its warm during the day and cool at night. Once winter hits, it's colder on top...

-- Darren Almeida (darren@lexicomm.com), September 03, 1998.

The green and red contrast is nice but, for me, this isn't enough.

-- Paul Lenson (lenson@pci.on.ca), September 03, 1998.

It's an interesting idea to play with the pattern and colour, but I think for this image to be successful you'll need to crop out the vertical area of darker green on the top left and the smaller patch in the middle right. Crop tight and show more detail in the pattern, and ensure that there's true uniformity in the areas you're showing.

-- Steve Leroux (steve@bigadventures.com), September 03, 1998.

Too much and not enough.

Too much area covered and not enough graphic interest to make an impact. This is an example of "getting it all in", one of the mistakes I have often had to point out to my students. In many photographic situations less truly is more.

Frank

-- Frank Kolwicz (bb389@lafn.org), September 03, 1998.

I find this interesting from a science point of view and I would keep it for that reason. Thanks for the explanation, Darran! As a photograph I find it uninteresting.

-- (andreas@physio.unr.edu), September 03, 1998.

Images like this that document environmental effects are often sought by textbook editors. Not pretty, but definitely educational.

-- Richard Shiell (rshiell@lightspeed.net), September 04, 1998.

Though you were at the long end of your lens it seems that you could crop 20% of each edge and end up with a slightly better photo. It seems underexposed on my screen though that may just be differences in equiptment.

-- Tait Stangl (taits@usa.net), September 05, 1998.