One of my best to date still sure I can improve

[Chaoslillith]

I have been trying to get shots showing the height and power of the water from all the recent rains and I think this one did it.



I love the angle on it. What say you?

Link to the full size shot

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...eserve/075.jpg

Chaos

[scubajen]

I feel like it is losing detail with the bnw--.love the trees.

[dcclark]

At first, I couldn't get ahold of the scale -- was it small? large? The trees looked more like grass or weeds to me. That was aggrivated by the fact that I couldn't make out any details in the trees, besides some branches and maybe a few clumps of leaves. Some of that may be due to the forum scaling your image.

My general comment is: what is this photo about? I'm pretty much lost, as a viewer, not being able to tell what you're wanting me to look at. The angle makes me feel like you were being careless, so that I'm not sure you did intend me to see anything.

[SoxAddict]

Hi Chaos, thanks for sharing your photo with us.

If you view this shot in large in Photobucket it's very obvious that the trees aren't grasses or weeds (actually, even in small size here, it's very obvious to me that they're neither also) - I love the appearance of the trees though, and I'm sure these were the main intended focus of your shot.

Have you experimented with different crops to see what they do to the shot too? It might be that you'd prefer it if you homed-in on the trees themselves, adding very little water to the image. The water might not be very effective here because it looks so still and peaceful - although the paradox there can also be a good visual. But an angle to the water might have worked better if the water was overflowing or flowing rapidly.

Different people like different things about photographs though, so just because some don't like certain aspects of an image, doesn't mean you can't continue to like how it works for you.

[windrider86]

Please review the guidelines and include the information that is asked for. Thank you!!!

[Chaoslillith]

A couple of things about this pic, I actually put the camera on the ground so was not looking through it when I took the shot, I was at the edge of the water. Why I think this is a good shot is because I have been trying to get the feel of the power of the water since the massive amount of rain and to me this shot does that. I have not cropped or edited it at all yet. I like to show it without tinkering to get advice.

As far as exif data:

Sorry I was posting this on three sites and forgot it here.

Here is the data

1/640
f/6.3
ISO 200
6mm focal length

The larger version does look better. I did not want to post a HUGE version here as that seems to upset some people.

Here is a cropped version: Do you think it helps? I can see how people could not see the focus is on the trees in the original.

[cphoniball]

Any particular reason for the slight tilt? That's throwing me off.

I feel like there's a better shot here, with alternative framing. Have you tried backing up a bit and placing the trees at the bottom of the frame, with lots of negative space up top? Doing the same thing, but placing the trees at the very top, emphasizing the pervasiveness of the water? Right now the horizon line cuts right through the middle of the photo, which isn't the most interesting location for it. The second crop you posted has moved it to a thirds line, but this crop still feels suffocated to me - there's a subject and no room for me to interpret it. Hope that helped.

[Chaoslillith]

The tilt is mainly because I was holding the camera about an inch above the ground while standing on a bunch of river rocks that were shaky. I was going for a different angle than normal. I can fix the tilt no problem in ACD See I just haven't yet.

As far as the cropping, I can go back there tomorrow but is this more of the crop you are looking for? I like this one a bit better when looking at it on my computer, makes the trees seem taller.


Thanks,

Chaos

[qunox]

First lets just straighten the horizon first