Amazing and right time to make this shot.09/10

Brilliant photo.

Very pretty shot with nice colors and light. Makes me glad to see there are still wide vistas left in the US :)

Amazing shot! I love the colors.

Straight into my favorites.

Gorgeous picture. 10/10! Well done.

my gosh! this one is even more unbelievable! look at this blend of wonderfull colors and these shadows! sometimes we forgot that the world is such an beautiful place... thanks for reminding us^^

Wow, what a scenic shot. Glad you can share this with us who are so far away and wouldn't see it otherwise.
JuneBug

Nice shot, nice composition, but image of average quality. Buy a new camera if you want to keep making this kind of beautiful shots..

Thanks for your (constructive criticism) SnoF. One thing you don't seem to understand is that the real limitation here is the size of the film. (35mm) When blown-up to 1600 x 1200dpi, that is approximately the same (Print-wise) as an 11 x 16 inch print. That is always going to show the formats limitations. I shoot Fujichrome Velvia with a Canon F-1 using their L-Series lenses with the entire assemblage mounted on a tri-pod (my camera never comes off the tri-pod). Canon L-Series lenses are the finest lenses made today. Perhaps Canon would like to know that their cameras or lenses are sub-standard (in your view). My images are then scanned into my computer using a Nikon "SuperCoolScan 5000ED", scanned at 4000 dpi. Really now "SnoF" perhaps before you criticize, you need to have a better understanding what you are criticizing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Absolutely gorgeous image. The early morning colors and hues on the hills are quite magnificent. Well done and into my favorites!

Excellent image once again - I like the added impact of the black frame

Another great scenery. Congrats, Michael (again) ;-)

Buy a digicam and accept the criticism.. The only thing I wanted to say is I've seen sharper images, so don't be offended. Nice/great composition with average image quality, that's a fact.

The point is, SnoF, that you insulted his (obviously excellent) equipment rather than simply saying that you would prefer if the image were sharper. I can agree with you, an unsharp mask would really make the trees in front pop out more. The smoothness in the image as is, however, still looks excellent and has a different effect on the viewer.

I'm sure I don't need to repeat this for photoimagery's sake, but the general opinion I've heard is that 35mm beats any digital below 12MP for quality. Anyway, my opinion is that this is a beautiful photo, very peaceful and calming.

To make a new point; look in the distance and see the further you want to look the more grainy it becomes. I agree his equipment is excellent, but then I don't figure out how (with quite a good scanner) he produces images that look like 16bits colours when you look in the distance.

Just a thing to mind when he takes and scans his next picture.

PS On my laptop @ my work the image looks great (1024x768).

Hey Michael, your avatar matches this discussion perfectly! That just made me chuckle a bit. But, back to the matter at hand; I think the grainyness twords the back of the photo adds a bit to the attitude of the picture. It really accentuates the depth and vastness of the shot.
~Aurora

I should send this to my grandma, she loves the open wide nature sort of stuff. Thanks for the shot

I know this area pretty well; I have relatives there. The amazing thing is that it really looks this way! Beautiful!!

Ah look home sweet home! Anyone who lives in WA sees this all the time. It refreshing to see another viewpoint on the hills. Makes me realize just how beautiful it all really is.Good Job.

Stunning landscape. The sunlight really 'plays' on these hills.10/10 and favs

Love the lighting on this. Nice shot.

Beautiful landscape, excellent capture. The angle of the light really throws the contours into relief. And without wishing to re-open an argument I've come late to, the softness of the background is a result of the distance, not the equipment. Maybe on a planet with no atmosphere you'd expect pinsharp detail so far away, but you certainly wouldn't get it here by buying a digicam! A great picture, Michael :-)

Quite a controversial photo, it would seem :) Beautiful, I find myself having to look at the trees to remember the scale of it all! I guess a little sharpening wouldn't go amiss, but what you've got works well. Great shot.

What an absolutely beautiful picture!!

I never knew Pullman could be that beautiful. I driven there a few times I will have to watch more carefully next time.

rich, beautiful colors. and a very peaceful capture.

It is very rich, there are so many colors! great shot

Is this taken from Kamiak or Steptoe? I LOVE the view up there but have never had the opportunity to be there at the crack of dawn like this. Fabulous work!!

Beautiful colors and I love the layers. Who is burning a bonfire to the right? :)
Good work!

Great shot. What country/state is this in?

another perfect image. 10/10

Because of your pictures I am going to take a different route to visit Spokane.

It must be my old eyes, I don't see anything wrong with this picture. Good shot.

I think that this is a wonderful photo. I love the colors and the undulating hills. I love the lighting and the composition. I also think that sometimes people criticize for criticism's sake alone. I believe that people can use comment pages to show off (or try to show off) their knowledge or expertise in one area or another. If this were an agency or company and this image was meant to be pin sharp for an ad, I could see belaboring the point of sharpness. Beauty and art are in the eye of the beholder and my eye likes this just the way it is. Gorgeous shot.

That is crazy, the way the hills just strech back, and the lighting on them. Awsome!

Beautiful colors. A dreamy shot like a painting.

Beautiful; Love it.

THis is an excellent picture. But where are all the trees?

I keep coming back to this picture. Even though I am forever drawn to the mountains there is something in the way the camera caught this lanscape that I find very compelling.
The small area where something is burning? Could this be the Springfield tire fire and the home of the Simpsons? Probably not; they should be so lucky as to live there!

Just... wow.
Favs.

This is still one of the best. People always stop to ask "Where is that?"

The array of colors in this is amazing. As is the play between the light and shadows. I feel that the softness adds to the ethereal quality of the image and that could easily be lost if over sharpened - especially in the appearance of the background mountains. I also like the incidental touch of the farmer burning some brush. Beautiful post -

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Fantastic capture, so rich with hills and colors.