reaching to the middle (?)

I bet it only takes you 5 seconds to have a closer look at this shot and hope it lasts a little bit longer before you forget it :)

 

please also rate and comment, if time allows. thanks, Patrick

To bed, you didn't closed down the aperture, at list to f/16, would-be better at f/22. And use a tripod. Very good composition. but the lack of DOF is ruin the image. If you have a chance, repeat this shoot. I didn't rate your image.

 

Best regards; Bela

The lack of DepthofField could compromise this great scenery. It would have been beautiful to see the end of the logs. But good shot! Congrats! 6/6

I love images like this that draw you into the image. Another vote for DOF. I was disappointed when my eyes followed but then blur. Great composition, go back and do it again at say f16 or more f/22 may be ideal. Tripod too to help. Chris

hello to all,

thank you for your honest critique, one the hand your definitely right, it would have been better to stop down the aperture at f/11 or even more. but on the other hand I have to admit, that I wanted the shot to look like this :)

I set the aperture intentionally to f/2.8 (which was overkill, I know (now)) because I wanted the DOF to make it look "deeper". the other thing is, I did use a tripod (as can be seen in the details section of this picture) and if this shot doesn't appear to be sharp enough that's either due to PN/jpg compression or a result of the f/2.8.

 

nonetheless, I respect your advice and will try to redo this shot with say f/11 or f/16 as soon as time allows.

I hope none of you is objected when I contact you again when I upload the new version :)

 

thank you all for your comments, kind regards, patrick