Alaskan winter landscape set

[Low_Sky]

C&C is most welcome. #1 and 4 were shot from a tripod. #2 and 3 were hand held. It wasn't intentional, but I guess there's a bit of sunset/dusk theme here.

1. Turnagain arm light trails. I want to try this one again with more traffic for complete light trails.
t3i-5712 by Low_Sky, on Flickr

2. Full moon over Kachemak Bay.
t3i-5760 by Low_Sky, on Flickr

3. This mountain's looking very "presidential".
t3i-5768 by Low_Sky, on Flickr

4. Aleutian Sunset over Cook Inlet
t3i-5786 by Low_Sky, on Flickr

 

[weepete]

Nice. Your apertures look very narrow for landscapes, f18, f36 and f22. This will mean diffraction and a further softening of your images. Using the hyperfocal distance you could get front to back sharpness in your shots while managing the diffraction if you take a little care and select an appropriate focal point. Normally if I'm shooting landscapes I use an aperture of f8-f16 to limit diffraction.

Mastering hyperfocal distance - Amateur Photographer

Oh, and in shot 1 there's a little bit of chromatic abberation around the trees on the left hand side that I'd remove in post.

 

[Low_Sky]

Nice. Your apertures look very narrow for landscapes, f18, f36 and f22. This will mean diffraction and a further softening of your images. Using the hyperfocal distance you could get front to back sharpness in your shots while managing the diffraction if you take a little care and select an appropriate focal point. Normally if I'm shooting landscapes I use an aperture of f8-f16 to limit diffraction.

Mastering hyperfocal distance - Amateur Photographer

Oh, and in shot 1 there's a little bit of chromatic abberation around the trees on the left hand side that I'd remove in post.

Thanks for your comments, Weepete. Aperture and focal distance calculations is probably something I should start paying more attention to. In #1 I had to stop down to f/22 to get a long enough exposure for light trails. It wasn't quite dark enough yet, and I didn't have ND filters or time to wait for it to get darker. If I go back and try this one again I'll go on a weekend where I'll have more traffic to work with later in the evening.

#2 (f/36) wasn't a conscious decision. I was driving, saw the moon low in the sky with the sunset colors on the mountains and had to pull over and get it while traffic allowed. I normally shoot in AV or TV mode. The last thing I was doing in Manual was some testing over the full aperture range of my lenses. I have a feeling the dial got bumped to manual in the camera bag and I didn't notice when I pulled the camera out and started shooting in a hurry.

 

[Boboamic]

Nice capture.
I could almost feel the cold here in sunny shots ! It has that touch of drama to it which gives it that Wintery feel.

 

[WesternGuy]

Nice set of images. The last one is my favourite.

WesternGuy

 

[Derrel]

Nice set of images. The last one is my favourite.

WesternGuy

Agreed on both points! The last image has a great mood to it.