Calm Reflections

Great shot this one. Very nice tones and reflections. 

Cheers

Interesting subject and well seen and caught here,I like tone color too,this is very good for a study,best regards.

I have a version for this one if this doesn't bother you.

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Beautiful shot, Christal.

One suggestion I have is to either crop out the distant rocks along the top edge or include them fully.

Thanks for sharing.

Esben, Thanks for your visit, and as well for your travel info for the Aurora lights.  I appreciate it!

Radu, I never mind if someone includes their version of my image.......thanks!  I'll tell you what I was thinking on this one.  I tend to over-sharpen images sometimes, and since this was so peaceful and calm (truly the water was as calm as this), I decided to soften it and make the boulders look not so hard.  I'm not sure that was the right decision after seeing your version.  I like it.  I may go back and revisit this one.  Thanks for your input.

Victor, Very good point you have.  I took this last year.  I'll have to go back and see what other versions I have of this.  And as I told Radu, I think I need to revisit this in general.  Thanks for your kind words and suggestion.  I found your portfolio as a result......it's quite excellent. 

Christal,is true that softness is the fact I thought me too when I did this version,some aspects look better in my opinion but the softness of that moment is lost with what I did,so may be somewhere in the middle would be a choice,my best regards to you and wait for new photos.

Christal,

A good demonstration of your photographic eye, one has to look to see the potential of a scene such as this.  A very peaceful image with lovely range of tones.

Jim

Radu....if I come up with another version, I'll be sure to post it.  Thanks!

Jim....Although I think I've commented on one of your images in the past, I didn't realize what a fantastic photographer you are.  I just spent some time looking at your portfolio.  I'm flattered that you would take time to comment on this image.  Thanks for your kind words! 

Christal,

A Rhapsody in Blue! What a serene and peaceful feeling this photo projects! I love the geometry here. And that tan reflection makes a nice effect!

( as for my backyard..thanks for the comments. Its hard staying here!!!!)

lovely image ,  l love the cool tones and the hint of warmth from the right  hand side , i would crop a bit tighter at the top of the image left hand side leaving just the stream leading out of the image ,i feel the image ends at  the rock. I  think it would strengthen the image making the viewer wonder where is it going , otherwise a good image and thanks for the welcome

Love the serenity of the scene.  The warm reflection at right provides a nice contrast.

Thank you for your observations and suggestions.   Rodney, yours was the 2nd comment about cropping from the top, so I will take a serious look at that option.  I'll look to see if I took other similar shots that may have a bit different crop to them.  Thanks, gentlemen!  

Christal,

  I love the serenity of this scene.   Wonderful capture with great composition, lighting & reflection.  Thanks for sharing.  Take care, Patsy

Very impressive one.  Great composition.  Love it.  Best Regards,

I love this Calm Reflections as it is and I think the color tones are so calm too! Perfect capture Christal, Bravo! 7

Best regards Sadegh

I like the grouping of these stones, they have, fairly even, but not uniform spacing, which I think is always pleasing to the eye, a tiny crop to eliminate the top left rock and a touch more contrast would make a big difference. Tony Hadley (a PN photographer of great merit) once gave me some advice that has always stayed with me. He said "Alf always make sure you take a portrait orientated shot as well as a landscape version, that way it not only offers a slightly different perspective, but its always more suitable for inclusion in any magazine, should they take an interest"  Or words to that effect. Snce then I have made a point of doing so, and sometimes it's payed great dividends in terms of producing a different image. I'd love to have seen a portrait orientation of this one, did you by any chance take one? Nice work Christal!

Best Regards

Alf

Happy New Year!

Great shot!  This is one of the images that I just love finding and toying with.  Frankly, there's probably no right nor wrong on this.  I'd probably have tried to include all of the rock at extreme upper-left as well as the smaller one on the lower right, but there may have been reasons for not doing so.  Having said that, I'd probably crop both of those rocks from the scene, but then that's just my eye.  Did you try inverting the image to see what the effect/impact was?  Well seen and processed.  Cheers!  Chris

I like the tone of this image and the reflection of the mountain compliments the serenity of the scene. Beautifully done!