November Pond

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The contrast of the "ghost trees" and their reflections with the sharply defined foreground vegetation makes for an interesting composition. Nicely done.

Lovely! Best regards, Ilkka

I find myself so comfortable with almost all of your compositions, and with 50 years + viewing every image in terms of this even when content is more important. Do you feel that there are absolutes in this context? The graphics of the reeds and their reflections are very satisfying, but it nags me that I may be missing some to the left. Also I don't want to miss any of the wonderfully subtle image on the right, therefore I want to see a longer composition with the reeds slightly more central. Is there any way in which my feeling is 'correct'? When less talented photographers have tried to ignore the rules of composition (except to disturb the viewer deliberately) can the images work? Thanks for your images. Bob

Usually I don't like to leave a remnant of something that makes the viewer wonder what/where the rest of that element is. One could say that about the reeds. However, I interpreted this as something other than a straight "I-was-here" photo, although I don't know what to call the category. It's an artistic contrast of near and clear with far and faint; put that in whatever category you want. One thing I've noticed on this second look is an apparent slope upward from left to right; you can see it best in the tree trunks which I think should be more vertical.