"Lake Hayes" completed

Painted this one on Friday. Up until now I'd been expressing mountains using hard edges to denote contours based on shadows, which works ok but tends to dominate the picture because of the high level of contrast it generates. So this time I decided to try more blending-in mountains using soft-edged subtle shadows to give in impression of contour. I feel like these mountains have retained their impression of immense size, but they still let the lake in the middle-ground be noticeable too. It works much better in person actually - probably the most real-feeling painting I've done in a while. I might try to re-photo it later...