On its way to the Atlantic

[ELAY]

I just spent three days touring the Charlevoix region of Quebec. It stretches basically along the the North side of the Gulf of St. Lawrence starting about an hour past Quebec City, along to where the Saguenay River fjord cuts into the Gulf.

It is a truly stunning part of the world, with the Laurentian mountains descending to the gulf, and in behind the mountains, a rolling agricultural plain, divided into thin narrow landholdings, perpendicular to the Gulf, in accordance with the system of seigneurial landholdings brought to Quebec by the French.

The geography is beautiful, and the culture is very French-Canadian, with an overlay of pioneer spirit.

So, I will be posting some shots over the next little while. This is the view back toward the mainland from a small island called Isle aux Coudres (named by Jacques Cartier for a stand of hazelnut trees), which was apparently the site of the first Catholic mass said in North America.



(Shot with my D40, 20-85 mm lens at 24mm, f/16, 1/80. Some heavyish post-processing, including using digital ND filter to process sky and foreground differently, and adding a vignette.)

[texotic]

pretty cool scenery, but dont you think it needs a little more light? just a noob opinion lol

[ELAY]

I was trying to recreate the feeling at the time I took the shot, which was just prior to sunset (sun is behind clouds), so it is a bit dark. (The vignetting also helps cover up the burnt clouds high right.)

Here's the photo without the vignette, and with a levels tweak.



And don't feel you have to qualify your opinion by saying you are a noob or something -- I appreciate anybody who takes the time to comment or critique.

EL

[kukhosting]

That is a very dramatic photo. I found myself realy looking deep into the photo scanning around the different 'focal lines' ie the cloud line, the stream, the horizon and the foliage lines.

I can realy picture the atmosphere of the shot. Excellent