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Beautiful light and sky, as you say. Shows the flatness of the Dutch landscape very well. I like the stream cutting diagonally across what might otherwise be a slightly boring foreground. Lovely shot!
I like it, a great sky with lovely light and colours.
Composition wise you could crop a fraction from the bottom and go for a more panoramic image and emphasise the sky more.
The foreground is a bit bland so if possible I would try to get closer to the river/stream and use that as a lead-in line. Looks like you could get some good reflections in it too.
And how about a windmill on the horizon line to add some interest?
Would love to see this as a BIG enlargement, as it looks to have some intricate detail for close inspection, and the overall cloud and composition makes this a wall-hanger in my book.
I agree with Sean's suggestions of cropping a bit off the bottom to produce a pano. I quite like the resulting image if the foreground is cropped at the point where the stream meets the right hand edge of the frame (keeping the fence middle-right in the shot). Quite an extreme crop, but the result really emphasises what's happening in the sky, with a thin strip of land at the bottom. Might be too extreme for some people's tastes, but experimenting by scrolling the screen to crop as suggested looks good to me.
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9 replies1Ds, 24-70 2.8L, 125/@f11, iso 200
Paul
NL/Rotterdam
nice moody landscape.
John
Aberdeen
Barrie
I love the light and colours!
David
I like it, a great sky with lovely light and colours.
Composition wise you could crop a fraction from the bottom and go for a more panoramic image and emphasise the sky more.
The foreground is a bit bland so if possible I would try to get closer to the river/stream and use that as a lead-in line. Looks like you could get some good reflections in it too.
And how about a windmill on the horizon line to add some interest?
A very pleasing landscape shot though.
cheers
Sean
Would love to see this as a BIG enlargement, as it looks to have some intricate detail for close inspection, and the overall cloud and composition makes this a wall-hanger in my book.
Nicely done
Alan
Well seen and well taken. It is a very effective image.
Best wishes
Phil
Michael S