THE WEAATHER WAS SUDDENLY CHANGING AT MT RAINIER NATL PK. I HAD TO TAKE THESE IMAGES HANDHELD. THE CAMERAA WAS SET TO PROGRAM AF. I WAS ABLE TO GRAB SIX FRAMES. NO BRAGGING RIGHTS, JUST NICE SHOTS
Angelo, I think the composition is good. It is almost as if the viewer can feel as if he's hiding between the trees, maybe in some kind of shelter, looking out to see the storm rolling in. The capture of the light is really good too. The dramatic weather is really showing here because of the angry red light in the mountains and the heavy clouds and that makes it even stronger. The problem, and I'm sure you know, is the focus. If you would have had the time to really set up for this shot, I'm sure it would have been great, but as it is, the focus is just too poor to make this a strong image I'm afraid. I hope you don't mind me saying this, because the composition and light show that you do have a good eye! Regards!
The lighting and weather conditions were certainly very dramatic. The exposure is good and the composition works fairly well. But the plane of focus seems to be neither on the tree silhouettes nor the mountains. I don't know about the AF performance of this camera/lens combination but it might have been worthwhile to manually focus then preview the DOF or use the hyperfocal distance.
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