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This is an interesting composition Martin,tumultuous water gives a powerful feeling and dark cloudy sky enhance this mood,a little bit green in right balance well this image,I like it so as it is,best regards.

Martin, If we count the issues that make a complete photographic success, and if we take out one of those factors, the Photograph is killed. In this case the mood is a very provocative factor, the darkness, its great, its not too dark. It all comes across. Great picture, I can feel the cold, and hear the noise from the rushing water.

Tx for your precious advise and precision on what you think works in this photo. 

It's not the opinion of my girl friend, so I was starting to wonder. She dont like when I take an exposure for the sky and exposure for the foreground and mix-them up to optimise the contrast. She like more "dull and natural" photos . !!!  

For my part I like to push a little bit the dynamics because the cameras are getting less details in the black and the white that the human eye can get.

So I like to push but I also dont like the photos that goes beyon a certain point.   Occasionally it is easy to determine this point. For example, contours or edges that gives off light. Colors that are too much saturated or look acquard (Radu critique one of my picture in that way, and I thank him for its honnesty). But sometimes they are grey zones, it might become a question of taste.

Just a changing opinion ;)

 Sorry if I dont critique as much as I use to. I have 2 kids now (1 and 4 y/old) and it's hard only to have time to take and photoshop some photo.

Again, many tx for your time. It's always appreciated.

martin

It is a very unconventional composition, but its this that makes the photograph interesting and grabs ones attention.  I like the shutter speed you have used it gives a good sense of movement to the water but without rendering it to a white mush. I also like the detail in the foreground timbers. I would guess that there could be use of HDR here, but I have to say the sky is not too dark and overall the processing not too heavy.  Very well done! 

Best Regards 

Alf 

Beautiful colours and drammatic atmosphere. Well done.