Fingle Bridge + repost

Hi All,

Went to Fingle Bridge in mid Devon a couple of days back and was pleased to find the glowing Autumnal colours.

Techs:

Nikon D2X, 28-100MM, Polariser, tripod, 2secs at F16, ISO 100

C and C welcome.

Thanks and Regards
Chris.

Beautiful colours Chris. I'd be tempted to lose the bright bush on the right - or perhaps shoot vertical so you maximise the verticals of the trees and reflections. Tristan

Lovely Autumnal colours, Chris. I feel it lacks a sense of perspective without a clear foreground focus. Maybe cropping into a panoramic (upto the rock) so the far bank becomes a leading line into the picture?

Hi Elliot,

I have tried cropping from the bottom as suggested which I reckon looks better, what do you all think?

Thanks and Regards
Chris.

Big improvement for me Chris - excellent suggestion Elliott.

The crop does it for me also Chris!!!

Gorgeous autumnal setting

Alan

Crop works better Chris

Maybe another with David Clapps grand softy technique?

Chris, They both look great to me.

Both crops work well but the second one looks better to me

John

Are bot nice but agree with john on the second crop

Hi Chris
Well I've looked at boths these pictures a few times. They are both very good. But I find the first one the most pleasing. What I find most attractive about the first shot is the autumnal colours and especially the great feeling of stillness that the large area of pleasingly coloured water imparts to the picture. For me the weakest part of the shot is the bush on the righ hand side - it is quite competitive. I'd love to see a shot taken from further left.

The repost certainly has a much stronger lead in line on the right, but it also makes that bush much more intrusive, also loosing a lot of water area to me dilutes the feeling of stillness.

Anyway thats my tuppence worth - John

The crop works much better, but I feel you need to convert the RAW file again. The shot looks flat, but if may be the lighting in the woods. I know this place and it is a deep ravine with steep hills either side.

The crop definately works better and the leaves look colourful but the image could do with a contrast boost AND I think it has a yellowish cast to it. Try reconverting with a cooler colour temp and then adding more punch.

I agree that the crop looks good and would also have liked to see a portrait shot to emphasise the verticals as Tristan suggested. Well done anyway, a great autumn shot.

Paul

Much better IMO

I think I prefer the first one for some reason Maybe as it gives a sense of more space??? Agree it is maybe slightly unbalanced, but can't put my finger on it. In my eyes, the repost isn't as good compositionally, but then it's subjective and I'm weird
Nice processing

Repost looks better to me, but on the other hand I do miss reflections of original. So it looks like Tristan is up to something with his suggestion of vertical composition.

Cheers,
Marko