Take me to the other side...

[gmarques]

Hi all,

This photo is from a place near the village were my father has born, so it has great significance for me.
I know that if I have got more closer I could gave more impact to the dune but I would loose that "I want to go there" sense, caused by the river's water.
So, once again I have a great area on the photo with some elements: river, dune, hills and sky.
My question here is about composition. My main subject is the dune, I don't have any foreground element to guide the vision do the dune.
So, what do you think about this photo's composition ?
You may think "what about a vertical framing ?". About this I think that with a vertical framing all the harmony of the lines would vanished.

[jiminyClickit]

gmarques,

You may use a series of vignette masks to gradually darken area around dunes out to edges. This visually isolates them while keeping the area around it in view. Like a sunbeam through clouds.

[Pernod]

Personally I would probably slice it to a panaromic style.

If the water holds more significants for you, then I'd probably cut the sky in half, and then trim a little water to get the water/dune line to about 2/3rds of the way up the photo (if this looks funny, then trim the water and keep the sky).

Oh, hang on, I just realised what I'm actually thinking... given this has a more fluid feel rather than a object the eye focuses on, I'd stick with the rule of 3rd's. A panaromic (wide but short) style would allow you to do this and keep all the land.