Long Exposure - Comments Please?

[pwog]

Hi,

What do you think of this image?

[ike]

Hi,

Lovely shot, but i cant help but feel its too dull, i know, i contradicted myself, but with a slight adjustment of levels or curves, you could make the image pop alot more,

This is a good shot, but i feel some slight improvements would make it a great shot,

ike,

[scrappinkrista]

Great shot. My eye is troubled when it comes to the soft sky against that crisp landscape. When you see the sky, it makes me think of meadows, a lovely playground with children playing. But then I see the water and landscape and I'm thinking.... that would be awesome with a great sunset behind it! Of course, these are IMO. I think you did a great job in the depth of field in this one.

[dande]

Hello! Nice shot, but as Ike recommended it, you should play a little with the levels, because the front ground is too black to me.

[Aríel]

It has great potential, but I feel the colors might be a bit stronger. You could easily change this with Photoshop, and it might make it feel more alive somehow.

[BigSquid]

I like the negative space in this shot. I agree with the others that the pic needs to be a little brighter. Try taking all of the color out of the photo in your favorite editing tool and see how you feel about it. Also try taking a longer exposure next time and then see if that makes for a stronger picture.

[pwog]

Thanks everyone. I appreciate your thoughts. I thought the image had potential, but I knew something was missing. I have a number of exposures of this shot each a bit longer/shorter. I will play with it in PS LR.

[pwog]

[Micah Olson]

Yep! This looks much better than the other photo with less exposure! More light gives more life to the photo!

[dande]

Absolutely better!