Should've brought a telephoto lens (a shot of Mt. Fuji)

[daggah]

Well, this is how I learned to bring telephoto lenses with me on landscape photography trips. This is a pretty heavy crop from my OM-D at 40mm on my 12-40 2.8 lens. I'm still happy with it though.



Mt. Fuji, from Mt. Takao by davidgevert, on Flickr

I felt that centering the mountain in my frame, while usually a compositional "no-no," made perfect sense to me here because Mt. Fuji is such a dominant part of Japan's geography.

 

[TheFantasticG]

I don't think centering really hurts the image overall sense you have leading lines from the mountains/hills in the foreground. I don't dislike like it for the centering to put it another way.

 

[molested_cow]

No I don't think telephoto lens will really help that much. At that distance, your photo will have more atmospheric moisture(humidity) than a clear view of your subject. Try to get closer next time.

 

[daggah]

No I don't think telephoto lens will really help that much. At that distance, your photo will have more atmospheric moisture(humidity) than a clear view of your subject. Try to get closer next time.

The point of the trip wasn't to get a shot of Mt. Fuji, it was to hike Mt. Takao. Getting physically closer wasn't an option on this occasion.

 

[EIngerson]

Cool image. I like it centered also. You should climb Fuji-San. This is me on top.

Me on top of Mount Fuji by Ingerson Photo, on Flickr

 

[sleist]

The image comes across as soft and flat.
While it may in truth be level, the image appears to slant to the right.
I don't think the square crop does anything for the image.

It's a nice image for a heavy crop. I think a little more TLC in post would help considerably.

Leveled slightly.
16:9 aspect ratio crop.
Reset black point.
Slight shadow recovery and desaturation.
Noise reduction.
Sharpening.