Up the Lazy River

Being the only angle I could get of the river, I cropped the right

side to centralize the vanishing point of the river. Does it work, or

does the left-sided entry look wrong?

I think this is just a beautiful image; and it looks terrific in black and white. This has amazing depth; I feel like I could step right into it and be standing on the cobbles by the stream. Very sharp details too. My only nit is the solitary stick poking in from the lower-left, but it isn't a big deal. I think your square crop works fine too. Well seen, Hanna. Cheers! Chris

Hanna,

 

I like your photo here, the concept is beautiful and it is a nice long exposure! My only suggestion is that it maybe a little to bright, have you trying lowering the brightness or exposure.

 

I have, and I hope you don't mind taken the liberty of lower the brightness. To see what It would look like.

 

I believe that it being so bright sorta washes out the picture. IMHO! LOL

 

Tell me What you think!

 

Jeremy

I like this B&W, I think it's very good in the grey tones and in the composition. Congrats. Eugenio.

I like the image. I don't like the rework by one of the posters. The stick that's poking in lower left is obrusive. I also like just the top half of the image by itself.

The stick at bottom left bothers me, other than that I love it.

Nice composition and taken from a nice perspective. I also like that you've converted it to B/W and a square format. I imagine the stick was out of reach or you would have done some "gardening", but it is in an easy spot to clone out. I can't say that I agree with the previous poster about darkening it up, it just blocked up and lost the shadow detail IMO. So, my vote is for "as is", minus the stick.

Thankyou all for your response. I wondered how many would object to the stick, which I debated about and decided to leave. Not sure why. The 17-40L is a lovely lens which I have ignored too much and now realize I need to fish out of my bag more often. Funny that I ended up cropping the wide angle anyway *!*

 

Jeremy, thanks for your alternative version and for taking the time to work it up. However the scene was very light, with the late low sun shining through the very mossy trees, with little deep shadow, and casting a pale wash over the scene. I used a polarizer to remove some, but not all, of the reflection off the wet stones.

Jim, you are now hired as head gardener.

Hanna, I believe the composition works fine with the side entry. I tend to enter this scene from the bottom left, snap the stick on my way by, play around on the rocky bank for a bit (with my new stick) then start wondering what's up river, tapping on the old mossy trees along the way. - Jerry

Jerry, just keep on walking. It's a wonderful place.

Well, it's all been said before; lose the stick and just enjoy. Great shot and conversion... Mike

 

The composition works very well for me. The only thing is that the long (perhaps too long) exposure makes the river looks like a road or a solid surface.

Hello Henri, I can understand your point of view about the exposure, but I guess it is a matter of preference. This is actually a wide stream which is a route for the salmon to the spawning grounds. It is very shallow and rather slow moving which, I think, may add to the smoothing effect.

very good composition and details of trees. about the exposure i think it's a dilemma. regards.

Lovely image Hanna. It reminds me of a favorite spot of mine in the Smokies. I like the low perspective that you used here. (Thanks for commenting on my photo.)

My votes: Love the exposure, lose the stick. Nice image!

I love it like it is, Hanna. I read your comment on the 17-40. I am going to have to see what I can do with that lens. Right now it is in there gathering dust.

 

--Lannie

Hi Lannie. We always seem to be meeting at the watering hole. Get that lens out and you'll love it.

Really beautiful scene well presented.