North Sierra Pond & Repost

Lovely water scene. The sky leaves a lot to be desired.

Beautiful scene Jim. I'm wondering if you couldn't bring more detail out of the sky as Phil suggested and possibly pull a little of the blue and cyan out of it. The water and reflections are gorgeous.

pat

Jim, I agree with the comments about the sky. Also, I'm having a little trouble with the sedges along the bottom of the frame. Personally, I would crop them out so that the lovely reflection and the water is front and center.

--P

Thanks for the comments Phil, Pat, and Preston. Do you think the sky should be cropped out as well as the cattails in the foreground? I knew it wasn't a spectacular sky which is why I included so little of it. I darkened it considerably. If not cropped out, what else would you do with it if it was yours?

Here is a pano version with both sky and foreground cattails removed. Is this an improvement?

I like the repost Jim and I do think it's a much stronger image without the sky. The position of the grasses near the left upper power point is also very nice in the composition.

pat

Thanks for your input Pat. I agree, the repost is a lot better.

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