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There could be as many viewpoints as the viewers. The community will agree that for a photograph to be a piece of art, it must provoke some thought or emotion. Otherwise it would be a journalistic document, a record or a piece of evidence. A piece of art is to be relished, discussed and critiqued on its own irrespective of the opportunities and limitations existing for its creator. Indeed the methodology and technicalities of the photograph are a topic that interests the photography professionals, enthusiasts and students. These should be discussed in context of what the photographer intended to express. Some photographers use caption and the remarks line to give a meaning to their work and express their thoughts behind it. Some leave it to the imagination of the viewer.

If the intention of the photographer was to create another landscape photograph presenting awe inspiring magnificence and magnitude of nature, then the human figure is a distraction. The photographer should have had the patience to wait till it moved away. If his intention was to bring out a comparison between human beings and nature and comment upon it, as some of us have interpreted, then we need to discuss how successful the photographer has been in achieving his objective, and how he could have done it better. If the intention of the photographer was to create or avoid 'a cliché of a statement about the scale of man against nature', then humble me would not hold the photographer in good esteem.

Jatinder, it's tricky when you take a quote out of context. It makes it seem like someone (me) was suggesting the

photographer do this when, in fact, I was responding to another member's statement that there were three possibilities

about the man in the picture. What I was doing was suggesting that there were many more than those three possibilities

and I made it clear that the three I suggested were simply other possibilities among MANY. So it's hard for me to

accept your post, which reads as if I was making a direct and specific suggestion to the photographer which, of course,

I was not. I find this often the case in forums, and it's distressing. Words are taken out of context merely to prove a

point someone wants to make, but often at the expense of the spirit of the original words being isolated and quoted.

I find that the brightness of the water in the bottom of the photo competes too much with the clouds in the sky. Also, I agree with many that the figure is distracting as presently composed. Obviously, it is designed to give a sense of scale but I don't really think that is needed in this case. So as many have said, either delete the figure or crop it closer to give the figure greater prominence.