Nakuru Awakening

Gallery: AvianPosted November 11, 2013482 views6 comments

It does so pay off to get up before sunrise…Lake Nakuru, 5 minutes after sunrise…

200 ISO
420mm
f/8
1/800s

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on November 11, 2013 at 3:18 PM

Very cool mood to the image. Love the one bird flying. I would crop a big piece from the top leaving comfortable room for the flying bird.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on November 11, 2013 at 3:33 PM

A pano crop from the top would work well with this. About 2/3ds of the gray could go and not be missed. As is, over half the image in gray really dilutes the strength of the rest of what should be a powerful image.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on November 11, 2013 at 7:31 PM

Excellent, Ingrid. I think I agree with Keith about cropping a bunch off the top. It's a lot of empty space.

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Comment posted by Ingrid Vekemans on November 12, 2013 at 1:13 AM

Hi guys,
Thanks for the comments!
I have to say I disagree re. cropping the top off. I composed the image like this on purpose to give the total picture a bit of stilness…what I mean is, if I leave away the 'empty' space at the top, the image gets too 'busy' in my opinion.
Thanks again!

Ingrid.

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Comment posted by Martin Dunn on November 12, 2013 at 5:07 AM

Great atmospheric shot Ingrid. Love the early morning mist.
I agree with the suggestion to crop empty space from the top.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on November 15, 2013 at 2:11 AM

Great shot Ingrid - love the sets of 'lines' across the image

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