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05/22/2005 06:39:08 AM |
Hi Kate/Amber
Thank you very much for your insightful critique.
I actually had some trouble getting the tourists in the right place and the right number of them. The original plan was to have them taking photos, but they weren't co-operating :)
If you look very closely you'll notice that there is a very faint hint of a double rainbow above the main one, in the spray to the left of the main waterfall
I'm very happy with this image and glad that others see what I was trying to convey with it.
It's possible to walk behind this waterfall, see:
from behind . . . . . . . . . and from front
 
Message edited by author 2005-05-22 19:00:01. |
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05/22/2005 05:01:20 AM |
Hello from the Critique Club!
This is one of those images that requires more than a quick glance. First impression? It’s a ‘nice’ picture of a waterfall with some people who are only there to fulfil the challenge of ‘five’. However, on closer inspection there’s much more here.
I love the humour behind this image - a beautiful scene ruined by humans who are so busy talking they̢۪re not even noticing the fantastic rainbow.
The rainbow leads the eye into the image then the viewer becomes almost cross-eyed as one eye is drawn to the waterfall and the other is drawn to the people! As much as you fight it the eye keeps being drawn to the tourists; they compete with the natural scene for attention . This creates a tension for the viewer, leaving you a little irritated, which is the point of the image. A moment like this, with a rainbow and perfect sky, is usually momentary and time won’t stand still and wait for the people to move. So this picture ‘speaks’ to photographers!
I don̢۪t even mind the tourist̢۪s feet being cut off, as some others have commented. As the viewers we want the people to move, but without the image of their feet they are effectively and symbolically rooted to the ground like trees - as far as this image is concerned they will never move! This reinforces the meaning of and the tension in the image.
The image is well balanced: The lovely dark blue of the sky and its shape is balanced by the shape and lightness of the grass. The blue of the sky is also echoed by the blue jeans of the tourists; the orange of the woman̢۪s jacket is picked up in the rainbow; and even the white of the waterfall is echoed in the stripes of the boy̢۪s trousers - all creating a subtle sense of balance in the image. The darker top-right side of the picture is well balanced by the lighter bottom-left.
Excellent depth of field. I particularly like the way the waterfall is frozen in time, as if its waiting for the people to stop talking before it continues to flow!
Focus is sharp - not easy considering all the elements involved.
Exposure is spot on: There is plenty of detail in the dark cliff on the right-hand side of the image, showing lots of texture.
This well taken image works on many levels: It̢۪s humorous, but it̢۪s also a story about the frustrations of photography. It also says something about how humans interact with the world and people around us. It creates a tension in the viewer that means the image is doing what the photographer intended.
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05/14/2005 07:58:28 AM |
Originally posted by heatherd:
Was THAT the waterfall that was shown on the Amazing Race?? |
I haven't seen that episode of the Amazing Race but from what I can gather, yes this was one of the spots were a clue was located. |
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05/13/2005 08:16:35 PM |
| Was THAT the waterfall that was shown on the Amazing Race?? |
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05/13/2005 11:32:46 AM |
| great title! the image is wonderful catptued. 8 |
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05/12/2005 03:00:03 PM |
Woah.. Rainbow with a waterfall - i'd make those tourists move out of the way!
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05/12/2005 09:31:46 AM |
| The rainbow really makes the picture. Good shot and with color contrast light forground and dark blue sky. |
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05/12/2005 02:34:49 AM |
| Good shot, but would have been better if the feet had not been cut off. |
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05/10/2005 01:09:44 AM |
| Good capture af Seljalandsfoss, but I don't like the name of the photo. |
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05/09/2005 05:55:55 PM |
| what an added bonus with that gorgeous rainbow... well done |
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05/09/2005 08:05:07 AM |
| Love the shot - love hte colours and especially love the title... Unsure if you would have lost the rainbow had you had moved to the left a tad more as the person on left obscures the waterfall a little. Apart from that this is truly a top finishe, surely... Good luck |
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05/08/2005 02:30:15 PM |
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05/08/2005 01:23:25 PM |
| If it weren't for the tourists this would definately be amazing. I know the people are there to make the whole 5 thing possible, but they have to go.:) Great job. 9 |
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05/08/2005 10:37:56 AM |
| I like the way the five tours seem to be simply an afterthought. I especially like the capture on rainbow from the waterfall. |
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05/08/2005 07:14:32 AM |
We're all tourists at any time, aren't we?
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05/08/2005 12:22:28 AM |
| Love the title...tourists are always in the way of a great shot, huh? 8 |
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05/07/2005 04:52:29 PM |
| Great rainbow. Would have been perfect if you had managed to get the feet on those, er, bloody tourists... |
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05/07/2005 05:43:09 AM |
| beautiful colors on the waterfall and cliff. Five is kinda downlplayed in what is really just a testament to the photographer's good ability to gage exposure and filters for wicked color and sharpness. The pic is DEFINATELY better than good, don't get me wrong. |
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05/06/2005 11:35:01 PM |
| the title made me giggle! what a beautiful picture of rainbow and waterfall! : ) |
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05/06/2005 08:34:31 PM |
| Awesome color saturation and composition is good. Nice Job! |
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