Yin and Yang + repost

One occupies space, and one always fights for more. I like the composition and the concept. Ed. Life is certainly about give and take and the inevitable balance.

Yes these types of images of lichen, rocks etc can be captivating, especially in a large image where the eye can feast on all the detail.

Cheers. Tom

My eye caught the thumbnail and for some reason screamed New England. Guess on old Mainer can detect itty-bitty pieces of Maine. But... I do like the photo and the concept. If you start thinking about this, your mind can be occupied for years. Nice colors (you got the pink in the granite about right) and the exposure gave you the right amount of light. Comp wise for true y&y the 2 should be balanced but I have no problem with this and this maybe the closest you could come.

The contrast between bright and subtle colors works very well - I would not have come up with the Yin and Yang analogy, but now that you bring it up I think it works!!

Great concept and well done. Nice colors, textures and detail. I might be tempted to crop off the right, close to square, to balance the yin/yang?

Looks great and I like the concept Ed. Nice details in the rock and colors in the shrub. I also like it with some taken off the right side almost to a square comp but not quite. Nice as is though. Great job.

Knew immediately it was Cadillac Mountain. Good eye to see this composition. Good composition, techs and exposure. Well done!

Nice title. This is a good study in contrasting textures and tones. Nicely seen and captured

Thanks for your comments and suggestions folks. As suggested by Peter, Harley and Bill here is a cropped version closer to 50/50. I think that does come closer to the yin and yang balance.

Ed

I like this, like this a lot. No nits.

I like the 2nd composition better. You must have thought that the rock was more interesting than the foliage when you came up with the original composition. It might be interesting to see how it would look if the rock was cooler and the foliage remained warm.

Ed, I like what you did here very much! All the various color, textures and detail in the large version are quite impressive. A very cool image! I like the original comp but the repost probably works better with the Yin and Yang theme.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Ed: Cool find and a fine capture. My first impression was to recommend a crop and the repost suits me to a tee. 2 thumbs up! >=))>

Hi Ed I prefer and see more harmony in the croped version.... the colors and detail are excellent


Albert Darmo
Canada

I really like the symmetry in the cropped version !!

I like the juxtaposition of the colors and textures on the rock against the mixed foliage. Your title covers that very well. Yes, the 50:50 crop fits the title even better and feels nicely balance. Good seeing, Ed.

Ed, I appreciate your original, uncropped version a lot, mainly because of the better balance between the visual impact of the different subjects. My attention is first drawn to the brighter areas within the rock, then to the striking reds of the foliage and finally I enjoy exploring all the delightful details of the lichen at the right third. The interplay of such different elements like the solid rock and the delicate foliage is really interesting to me.

Peter

Ed,

I am glad that you have poseted a cropped version because it really looks more balanced, something I missed also on the original post.