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11/26/2009 07:12:07 AM |
I agree with the majority of coments below.
There is no focal point on this image. My eyes wonder left and right, up and down. I don't know what to stop and look at. I also think the blur on the leaves really hurt an outdoor image. I personally try to stay away from multiple shot HDR's (especially the amount you used)in outdoor scene's because of this reason. Sometimes they work and sometimes there is just too much movement. Just too much blur to compensate. An alternative to this may be shooting in RAW and using a single image to convert to HDR?
Message edited by author 2009-11-26 12:14:13. |
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11/18/2009 05:10:05 PM |
This one didn't come up for me in voting, or I'd tell you what I gave it. I would have guessed this good for a 5.25-5.5. The average of just over 5.0 seems a bit harsh for this. Looks like an almost perfectly even vote breakdown. Too many 5's and everything else nearly canceled out.
I can see some possible issues that held it down (Not looking at other comments until I leave my own):
-waterline is centered top to bottom, resulting in a static composition. Perhaps crop about 15-20% off the bottom, to just under the clump of grass on the left. For me that would make the composition flow a little easier.
-Colors are good, but perhaps too busy. No one element seems to stand out from the others.
Hope that helps some. Unfortunately, it is a classic 5. Nothing wrong with it, but nothing really stands out about it either. These are the hardest ones to comment on.
Added: Looks like my feedback matches up fairly well with the others.
Message edited by author 2009-11-18 22:11:38. |
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11/17/2009 10:41:43 AM |
well... after the Brent's words i have nothing to add... i completely agree with him, it is really too confused, my eyes is going on the shot like a ping pong ball.
with landscapes photography is quite common to think: "wow, what landscapes" and try to include everything in ours shots, wrong! better is to choice something that is the real subject with something else as contour...
(ehm, sorry for my bad english) |
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11/16/2009 09:02:35 PM |
| interesting landscape. somehow seems a little harsh. perhaps soften and reduce cyan/blue in whites of trees. add warm photo filter. just my HO. |
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11/16/2009 08:30:42 PM |
My very first reaction was: "Whoa, that is over-processed!". On closer inspection, it was mostly the foreground grass on the left that caused that reaction.
I agree with Brent that it is too busy, without a real subject to "sink my teeth into".
You have some nice colors going, and very nearly (but not quite) a diagonal, something that usually works well in an image.
I think concentrating on a smaller part of the scene (like around the big rock in the center) would have worked better. |
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11/16/2009 04:51:29 PM |
There are a couple of issues with this, as I see it. First off, it's a busy scene, with a fair bit of clutter. It's not clear what the subject really is: is it the trees on the shore? the reflections? the marsh grasses? The eye moves through the image but doesn't know where to settle.
Second, the shoreline is dead center; add to that there is a bit of dead space at the bottom and the tops of the trees are cut off. Moving the framing into a rule of thirds placement, with the shoreline at the bottom third, might help.
I actually rather like the shot, and I think the strongest point is the trees in the BG - they're quite lovely. If they were made to be the central subject in the image, I think it might help solve the problem. |
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11/13/2009 03:37:00 PM |
| Lovely composition, colors and reflections. |
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11/08/2009 07:26:15 PM |
I love Robert Frost.
Message edited by author 2009-11-23 13:23:16. |
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