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We see our old friend Mount Hood once again in one of its many moods.  In this image the mountains importance has been diminished by the human element the house and barn in the foreground.  You will note that the lighting on the buildings corresponds to or perhaps is a little brighter then the light on the mountain.  Because of the man made component our attention is balanced between the two main elements even though they are dramatically different in size.

The afterglow lighting is stunning.  The peak of over 11,000 feet is the last point to receive sun light after the rest of the land is in shadow.  It is amazing there is still strong light on the buildings which are set off by the nearly black trees.  The horizontal element of the dark brown earth running across the entire width of the image gives the appearance that the house and the trees are sitting on a shelf at the edge of a precipice.

There is one suggestion I would like to make.  There is nearly no detail in the foreground and the upper portion of the sky lacks any interesting detail so the photo-artist may wish to crop this image into a semi-panorama.  I know I am always cropping.  Sometimes negative space is warranted and important but in this image I think a strong horizontal makes a dramatic statement.  The photographer may wish to keep the extra height and that works for me also.

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