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F22

ISO 100

Raw and converted in DPP. BIt of cropping, plus some minor adjustments to curves and saturation in PWPro.

Camera was tripod mounted with mirror lock up and 2 sec timed release.

This is August and the river was in fairly impressive flow. Ive never been there in winter after a more sustained downpour. Mind you August here has been 1/2 the average sunshine and 2* the average rainfall!!!

HI thanks for taking the time to look and suggest improvements.

M

he most certainly did. This guy was pretty hot, had this break wired.

M

Thanks for your time and suggestions for improvement.

M

Interesting.

There was one other thing I forgot to mention, western culture expects things to go left to right, we are

accustomed to reading this way, hence the little change of direction and the positioning of the rock to the left

of the image also gives that impression of dynamism, its got plenty of space to zoom into. Try taking a photo of

something moving and flip it both ways around give it more space to move into you'll soon see what I mean.

Yeah it is all about putting the time in and working a place, finding the right angle, subtle changes of position

can make a big difference and then it often all clicks (pardon the pun) not to mention getting the right light

too. Might have to go back many times to the same place for it all to work. I also find that I change my mind

over time about which ones hit the spot, so yeah work the location but also take plenty of shots. Holidays are a

real problem cos you

just dont have that luxury, often one chance for it all to line up, so this result is all the more impressive.

Cheers M

Congratulation on getting POW.

A great angle on an oft photo'd subject and I wondered why, what did you do that was different. I had a look at some of the more famous takes on this place like Michael Fatali and Alan Briot versions for example. Well there are a lot of great points above, and somehow this image gives the impression of speed and pace, yes it is a bit like the "Blink" episode of Doctor Who as was mentioned above. By the way if you havent seen this get a hold of the show its great.

Id say this image being so dynamic (which is the complete opposite of what is really happening which makes it all the more interesting) is down to several points:

- rule of thirds is pretty close to the position of objects, but not slavish so works well on the eye

- lots of space for the stone to zoom into

- the foreground with its geometric pattern also gives you a great sense of progression and distance to the stone

- and the other stone or object, its a tiny dot at the end of the trail giving a bit more mystery, is it being chased, is it in a race, why did it veer off onto another direction, gets you thinking

- or was it merely running from that nasty looking cloud

Did you think of all of the above or did you just compose it this way cos it felt right?

Being really picky, there are some minor technical improvements, like bottom part of image that isnt sharp, blown out highlights, and maybe some lense distortion that needs correction.

But lets face it, with composition like this the suggestions for improvement are finessing a great image.

Cheers M

Thanks guys for your comments. It is indeed a great walk along this beach in Fuerteventura, miles of it in fact. The hardest part about this picture was not getting people in the image.

M

Thanks for looking and spending the time to comment.

M

By the way this is the colour of the water in this stream!

Thanks for the taking the time to look and comment.

M

Thanks for looking.

Cheers

The water colour is due to run-off through peat etc. Reminds you of a

fine pint.

A small collection of a beautiful spot! Look forward for suggestions

for improvement.