Solitary Mangrove

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nice shot, well done

Great shot Peter, great sky too.

La composicion y el colorido me gustan mucho y ese contraste con el naranja ...

le da un toque especial.

Very nice! I like the way the clouds draw the eye to the tree, and the band of red at the horizon. Good eye. -Keith

I would sacrifice 20% from the left side, to get the bright sky spot and the tree out of the dead center. Main subject and vanishing point of lines centered can work, but is does not here IMO.

Peter, I don't object to your decission of not respecting the rule of thirds... I do, myself, go against it - head on - on a number of occassions. Here, your central option works because of cloud's formations in the sky and that rivulet of water in the right down corner.

In any case, as I respect, Carsten's opinions and photography I have done some tweaking in PS according to his wishes...

Sorry for responding so late. I didn't know about the activity here.

I must agree with Carsten.

It does look better.

I will update my gallery and apply the Carsten cropping technique!

Thanks guys!

It's people like you who make this website so interesting.

 

Note well, there are no rules ("rules are there to be broken"). BUT, placing the main element off center is really often the best solution. Have a nice week !

And to prove my point I invite you to visit the illustration I use when I explain the rule of thirds to my friends...:

The Rule of Thirds

I do, also, invite you to visit my personal web page, here:

www.albertoconde.net

Beautiful! Where is this by the way?

very very very very beautiful , wonderful, fantastic

That's a beautiful image with a great mood but I agree with Carsten and Alberto about the composition.