Posted by Michie Wong on June 10, 2007 at 12:15 AM
I love the lighting and water.
I'm having a hard time with the strong diagonal from the fallen tree though. My eye gets stuck at the right end of the tree and then just falls out of the picture without really seeing the water at the bottom. Also, for me, all the converging lines in the middle of the photo also stop my eye from wandering around the photo.
I would definitely take another trip up there - you know beauty when you see it.
Just my 2cents - hope my comments were ok.
Posted by Lon Overacker on June 10, 2007 at 12:17 AM
Hello Edward,
So are you saying one of those trails is up this way? (trail junction) I'd say the trail going up looks pretty nasty... :-)
I like the image and there a couple of strong elements here; the log and the cascade below. I think the way this is composed, I'm conflicted between which part of the image is important or the focal point. Thus, my mind's eye is bouncing up and down between the two. Personally, I think the strength and beauty is in the lower half - there's even more, closer, points of view within this image. The upper half, is a bit disorganized and busy, despite the strong graphics of the main log.
I don't know that I have too much to suggest to improve this, short of various crops. But I will say that this location looks like there are plenty of opporunities to work this area.
This is certainly not a bad shot Edward, in fact it's very nice.
Lon
Posted by Cory Freeman on June 10, 2007 at 10:27 AM
The first thoughts that came to mind when viewing this werer: violent and chaotic!! Reminds me of a couple hikes we just did last couple weeks along some extremely steep slopes. Where trees were twisted and or bent over from the force of avalanches. This really shows the destructive and powerful side of nature.
I'd give the same comment as the one I left for the Bishop photo.Crop the top off. What bothers me most is the harsh sky through the leaves that contrasts with the smooth tones of the bottom. So crop top third... There's a big splinter of wood shooting right from the middle of the bunch, I'd crop at its base: It's the flowing river shot.
As Lon suggests though I agree that it feels you had room for two compositions there.
Cropping off the bottom part just below the middle river rock also works for me. The trees become the center of the composition, and it's the violent chaotic underwood.
Otherwise, very nice exposure timing, i love the water flow and the depth of the colors, rich but still natural, not over the top.
Cheers!
Posted by Edward Nunez on June 10, 2007 at 2:57 PM
Guys,
Thanks a lot for the comments. I was not too convinced either :-), but wanted to get an opinion. I may go back for a better composition. I'm also working on my skills for post-processing, and this was a good practice.
I'm in the lookout for places to photograph around, so I'll be posting more photos to also make the group a bit more active.
Discussion
5 repliesLet me know your thoughts about it, and any helpful comments to improve it.
Exposure: ISO400 10secs @ F/20 11mm
Circular Polarizer.
I'm having a hard time with the strong diagonal from the fallen tree though. My eye gets stuck at the right end of the tree and then just falls out of the picture without really seeing the water at the bottom. Also, for me, all the converging lines in the middle of the photo also stop my eye from wandering around the photo.
I would definitely take another trip up there - you know beauty when you see it.
Just my 2cents - hope my comments were ok.
So are you saying one of those trails is up this way? (trail junction) I'd say the trail going up looks pretty nasty... :-)
I like the image and there a couple of strong elements here; the log and the cascade below. I think the way this is composed, I'm conflicted between which part of the image is important or the focal point. Thus, my mind's eye is bouncing up and down between the two. Personally, I think the strength and beauty is in the lower half - there's even more, closer, points of view within this image. The upper half, is a bit disorganized and busy, despite the strong graphics of the main log.
I don't know that I have too much to suggest to improve this, short of various crops. But I will say that this location looks like there are plenty of opporunities to work this area.
This is certainly not a bad shot Edward, in fact it's very nice.
Lon
As Lon suggests though I agree that it feels you had room for two compositions there.
Cropping off the bottom part just below the middle river rock also works for me. The trees become the center of the composition, and it's the violent chaotic underwood.
Otherwise, very nice exposure timing, i love the water flow and the depth of the colors, rich but still natural, not over the top.
Cheers!
Thanks a lot for the comments. I was not too convinced either :-), but wanted to get an opinion. I may go back for a better composition. I'm also working on my skills for post-processing, and this was a good practice.
I'm in the lookout for places to photograph around, so I'll be posting more photos to also make the group a bit more active.