nature The Chimneytops

I know that all of you are probably sick to death of the mountain

shots, but please critique this anyway! I tried at least to get a

different perspective with this shot. Thanks!

Please don't get mad at me. You did ask for comments and critiques so here goes.

 

The first thing I notice is that the foreground is out of focus. For reasons I don't pretend to understand the human mind accepts blurred backgrounds more readily than it does a blurred foreground. If its a small and inobtrusive area it may not make a difference. But its not a small inobtrusive area in your photo and it is disconcerting.

 

The lighting at the time you took this does not appear to have been great. Not a lot you can do about that except try again at a later time.

 

I do think you should move the horizon line up a little bit. Not a great deal but I think a small amount would improve the composition.

Thanks, Larry, for your critique. For the record, critiques don't make me upset or angry; they give me something to think about and learn from...or just totally disregard, if I'm feeling ornery. ( ; I was kind of playing with a trilayered effect, but I guess it would have come across a lot better if I had had something more specific in the foreground to blur. I did take a peek at your portfolio, and you have some great shots there. But we seem to have such different creative philosophies, as is evidenced in our respective portfolios, that I will have a difficult time knowing what to do with your criticisms! ( : Anyhow, thanks so much. I will ponder on it.

I think you shouldn't compose this kind of shot in two equal parts. Here, neither the foreground nor the blurred background catches our eyes. There's just a part in the middle focused on. Try to oblige our eyes to follow the way you choose in your compositions. If our eyes are free (in fact, our eyes "read" a photo), our eyes are almost lost.

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I know it's arduous, but you need to haul yourself back up there and shoot this again. The focusing problems noted above are obvious, but, compositionally, this is the best shot I have seen of this place. It's a great, unusual angle that captures the feel of the place perfectly. This is really, really good. Don't be surprised if you see this pop up in my portfolio (assuming I can still haul myself up there). :-) What a special shot.

This was me clinging to the rocks as e scampered around fearlessly with his enormous camera and tripod. ( :