The Waters of Utah

Amazing!!!

I missed the previous upload and do not see the "flaws." It appears very nearly perfect to me.

The cloud/ cliff combo pulls this eye into the left third of the top third : away from the girl. When I return to her she seems out of place, in her own world, incidental. When blocking out the left third - I enjoy her presence, her contemplative stance - and the visual reflection. But then I become critical of the lack of sharpness; which I believe might be intentional (?) If the soft focus is intentional, I believe it unnecessary : mood is already conveyed by the toning.To be hypercritical, on the browser display it seems you have some magenta in the right quarter - clouds and reflections.So, back to aesthetics : my conclusion is that it would be a beautiful image if balanced - and that this might be achieved by (wait for it!) cropping from the right as much as 20% of the image, and around 5-10 percent from the left, towards square. I believe that this could result in a unification of the elements.

-- Seven Stuartson (edit your comment)

I agree with some of the previous comments about the magenta in the right part. I would assume that the noisy pixelation is a result of the jpeg compression (I experienced this problem frequently). I am not sure about cropping off the clif. The image works for me as it is and I percieve a struggle between the two centers of attention (powerfull cliff and a little girl) as a part of the concept.

 

Oh my GOD !!! This is the first picture I give a 7 on this site ...

Thanks to all who commented on this image, and for the constructive criticism. I saw the magenta blotches some of you spotted and found that the magenta/red had accidentally been hyper-saturated. Problem corrected. Thanks for all the good eyes out there.