Himalyan River

[subrataofkris]

This was taken in one of my recent trips to the mountains. Can I get some suggestions on cropping this picture please? With the big boulder not following the rule of thirds and the foreground having a lot of details, I am undecided.

EXIF
ISO 200, F/20, 1/25 sec, 32 mm, -1/3 EV, Aperture Priority

Any other C&C will be really appreciated.

[pcp]

I like your composition and colors you play around.. Wonderful, Gradient sky is perfect with snowish mountain.

Well done

Thanks for sharing
PCP

[xxpinballxx]

The boulder isnt too far away from the Golden Mean. Its almost in line. I think it is creating an off balanced effect. The mountain in the background along with the foreground makes the right side of the photo more substantial to me. I am not sure of the best crop to create a better image....I would just sit and play around with the crop tool and see how porrait looks and taking more off the bottom right or vice versa...

[subrataofkris]

Originally Posted by xxpinballxx

The boulder isnt too far away from the Golden Mean. Its almost in line. I think it is creating an off balanced effect. The mountain in the background along with the foreground makes the right side of the photo more substantial to me. I am not sure of the best crop to create a better image....I would just sit and play around with the crop tool and see how porrait looks and taking more off the bottom right or vice versa...

Is this any better?

[subrataofkris]

Originally Posted by pcp

I like your composition and colors you play around.. Wonderful, Gradient sky is perfect with snowish mountain.

Well done

Thanks for sharing
PCP

Thanks PCP.

[xxpinballxx]

I do like the cropped version better....the photo isnt "leaning" so much as it was in landscape. The thirds come into play more here too if you notice....
I think it really helped this shot....

[subrataofkris]

Thanks for the help xxpinballxx

[jaydubyasee]

Have to agree with the cropped version. The large boulder which dwarfs the smaller rocks in the water is itself dwarfed by the mountain behind.

[subrataofkris]

Originally Posted by jaydubyasee

Have to agree with the cropped version. The large boulder which dwarfs the smaller rocks in the water is itself dwarfed by the mountain behind.

That's a nice perspective, I appreciate it

[weatherwise2]

I was looking at both photos which both in my opinion came out excellent. int he first picture, I know the rule of 1/3rds but if I was on my own cropping it, it would have come out close to where you have it. The disharmony of the picture to my eye seems to only be the rock lines up with the line of the mountain. I like the picture because the rive draws me into the mountain and the valley and I basically ignored the large rock. What was I not being critical about. the previous posts didn't specify where they see disharmony.

I am envious of the location and the overall picture. I looked at your other ones on flickr. what a great set of pictures and great trip!