Meditation - See Large View

You have done very well to retain the crisp detail of the vegetation whilst conveying the movement of the water.

"Meditation" is a fitting title, how often I have become mesmerised by such a scene, lost in a daydream just staring into the water.

The far bank textures and colours in this case are equally mesmerising and the image is thoughtfully composed and balanced. Must be viewed larger to be fully appreciated!

Compliments & Best Regards

Alf

Agree Alf opinion,the attraction point of this image is imo is the central rock with excellent texture and water in front with a nice blue smoke,so from here is my next question:wasn't better to composed this without this foreground(somhow1/4out) and have more from the forest,I think rock in the middle is ten point subject and from this can decide how large can be the composition.This is what I think seeing your photo.

sincerely radu

Sherry,

The colors do help make this image.  The next time you have such a subject I am going to suggest you take three pictures instead of one.  Make the first like this one with the dividing line between the water and vegetation close to the center line.  Then take another with only about a third of the vegetation showing and about two-thirds of the water.  Then take the third with the vegetation getting the two-thirds  of the space and the water only getting the rest.  I bet that you will like one of the two-thirds pictures more than the half-half one.

Regards,

Jerry

Hi Sherry,

  Beautiful peaceful scene with wonderful colors, details & water flow.  Take care, Patsy

Alf,  Thank you for your comments and your time, always love to hear from you.  After I submitted this image I felt that it was a little to bright, so I darkened the for ground and left the foliage untouched gave it better contrast and visual appeal. 

Radu, thank you for taking time and sharing your thoughts. Your question about including more forest is because there was no forest it is all towering mountains red of rock, this was vegetation that was growing around the rivers edge. I chose this view because of the colors both in the river and foliage and the feeling seclusion this small scene creates. I understand your thought because with the beautiful fall colors more would have been even better.   

Jerry, thank you for your comments and your time, alway open for thoughts and ideas from others, always in the learning mode. I understand what you are saying and there are thirds here just maybe not perfectly horizontal there is a slight horizontal and my vertical would be the massive rocks taking up two thirds of the scene with one third given to the quite distant corner to the right. I wish my one shot that had a little more top foilage with the forefront of the river cut off about a quarter would have been a far better image, the bright sun and other masive rocks were too distracting.                                                                                                

Patsy, Thank you for your time and special thoughts.  

Sherry - a magnificent image.  I like the contrast between silky smooth water and the absolute clarity of everything else.  The larger version shows all the strengths of this image. I like that you have a variety of fall colors with yellow being pleasantly dominant. I have read the discussion about 50;50 and the rule of thirds. Of course rules are made to be broken. I personally try to avoid the 50:50 (this is not quite that ratio) unless I am doing a land and water  reflection type scene.

recently I engaged another photographer in private on one of my images and the discussion was about lack of foreground interest in my capture. "they' explained to me that foreground interest can give a better sense of depth - a kind of 3d effect on a 2 dimensional screen or print. Of course all of this is a matter of personal preference and as far as I am concerned, the coloration of the water, the smooth texture of the water and the rocks make up 'the foreground interest' for me here.

A scene like this I would have experimented with at least 10 shots which i am sure you did. My 2nd shot would have been a portrait mode down in the water and up close with that partially covered rock on the extreme right. 

The problem with this formula type approach is that all of our images start looking the same.

My apologies for being so wordy and just to let you know that I rated this highly.

Beautiful capture Sherry. I cannot add any advice as some have, just to tell you that I would have loved to have taken this image.

A very nicely rendered landscape and if I am in front of this scenic stream I would take a deep breath, enjoy the sound of rushing water and close my eyes enjoy and imagine its beauty. - and I could understand your title. A stunning shot, Sherry

This one reminds me to get out there and get some mountain creek and river shots this summer.

This is really very nicely done.

--Lannie

Very good one.  However, I just found your another one which is even better.  Best Regards,