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Fall's Facade

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Posted by Sean Bagshaw on October 30, 2007 at 12:30 PM
Fall's Facade
Not sure about the composition, but I liked the color, texture and silvery quality of the surface of the water.
Posted by John Lehmkuhl on October 30, 2007 at 1:17 PM
Beautiful combination of elements and the water while pretty bright, adds even more visual interest for me.... comp works in a chaotic way for me too :smile:
Posted by Catherine Reilly on October 30, 2007 at 2:18 PM
Nothin' wrong with that! A tiny nit- not a shot breaker- is that maybe a more colorful leaf toward the center would've been nice. But there's lots of great color and the water is an extra point of interest rather than just a bg. Good eye. Nice shot.
Posted by Tom Kloster on October 31, 2007 at 1:30 AM
Great shot, Sean! I agree on the water effect - very nice! Not so bothered by the center leaf. I like this a lot as an abstract.
Posted by John Williams on October 31, 2007 at 11:00 AM
Very nice Shawn. I agree with your comments, but also really like the composition.
Posted by Sean Bagshaw on October 31, 2007 at 11:42 AM
Thanks for the feedback folks! Some people in the Flora forum didn't like the bright water and felt it would be better with the polarizer turned to darken the water, which is probably more typical. The angle wasn't allowing the polarizer to completely cut the reflection, so I decided to be different and go with maximum reflection. I'm glad to hear that some people like it.
Posted by Erik Lundh on October 31, 2007 at 4:13 PM
Sean,
I think it works. This would be the perfect shot to hang in a someones office, Like a Doctor or a Dentist. Very cool!
Posted by Rick Lundh on November 1, 2007 at 3:17 AM
I think it's very cool as is.