By the River

I'd like to hear your thoughts. Thanks.

i like this shot, just a suggestion, if you could have gone wider and closer to the branch on the ground it would have been more dramatic. cheers!

... the composition is really nice. But it would be even more dramatic with the wood larger and more in the background. Do you have other shots ?

 

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Peter

I tempted to agree with the others, but if he goes lower he's going to lose the water. What f-stop did you shoot this at? Seems like this could use a bit more DOF. You've got pleasing colors and textures here, but I'd like something else for the foreground.

Hi there, since you went to the trouble of tracking me down, here's my thoughts:

 

I agree with the above. The foreground is weak compared to the background; it's unbalanced. It's a nice photo but I feel like the foreground did need something MORE. The stick is okay, the stick larger would be good, but ideally I'd find something else, something you can focus on more (like the planks of a dock). Obviously you probably didn't have anything like that at your disposal, but in my ideal fantasy version of this landscape, you do. :)

Great shot The other comments are worthless. Its fine the way it is.Sometimes with a image like this I might be tempted to reverse it leading in from left to right. But its a great shot and the composition is balanced.

Michael Gilbert MA. CR. XXV Curator Pacific Center

Zdravo,kazi mi koja je lokacija gdje si ovu fotografiju snimio

Pozdrav nenad.

Great shot. The colors are magnificent, and I like the diagonal of the branch. Any idea what lens/f-stop you were shooting with?

Hi everybody. Thanks for the comments. The f stop here was f/8. I did make several shots and used other foregrounds as well. The background may be lacking sharpness because, during the postprocessing, I applied slight USM only to the foreground.

I think this shot is great the way it is. To me, the composition and color balance are A1. Keep up the good work.

 

Jerry Napel

I like this image I am not sure that I would change it. I can see the USM in the background but since my attention was drawn to the stick I did not notus untill I read your post. Your landscapes have always been very fine, how about a few people images. They were getting much better and then you stopped.

 

Brandon Hale

very good image and prospective!!!

I like the angle shot

Jako lijepa fotka mada mislim da bi je mogao nazvati Samoca nekako me na to podsjeca.

 

In shooting landscapes I feel that I have more control then in street photography. Nevertheless, I am going to try it again this summer, but this time I will give a chance to my 24 mm lens.

No one has commented yet on the lighting, which I think is one of the best things about the image. You have the blue skies with puffy clouds in the background, but diffuse light on the foreground to bring out the patterns in the stones, and warm light to bring out the colors of the stick. I don't know if you were lucky, or knew how to take advantage of a good situation. Either way, job well done.

 

I like the overall design, but like others I think the stick lacks impact. A different stick, maybe larger, maybe with a more interesting shape, would make this more appealing to me. I don't think it needs changes in the composition.

You are right about the light. The sun was partly hidden behind a hill and this was the last shot for the day. I was in a hurry to catch the last rays while the intensity of light was decreasing rapidly. When I pressed the shutter I thought the light was already too weak, but luckily, I was wrong.

Yes, the light is outstanding and, in a context of a good and well composed shot, is the winner !

It is simply a wonderful photo

Very good lighting and composition