The Dark Valley

[sgiedne]

This was taken sometime in the evening when i was going around an uninhabited hill(In this place, called hosur, all other hills have atleast a few huts and cottages), when i stumbled across this pleaseant looking place.Tried to climb the hill to take shots, but could'nt manage to do that. Took shots only from this low lying spot. Here, should i have cropped the right side of the rock off? Ive also increased contrast and levels a little bit, is it ok to do that?

shutter speed : 1/8
aperture : f/6.3
ISO : 80
focal length : 9mm

[benchdog]

I like the image and agree it may be a little off balance. I might suggest a square crop 12 x12 would look nice here. I would start the crop where the water meets the bottom of the lower left frame and drag it diagonally to the right to complete the square crop.

Nice work

[sgiedne]

hey benchdog.....Thanks a ton pal. Thats one of the very VERY few positive comments ive got from al my photos. This simply gives me a ton load of encouragement. Thanks for that. I've cropped like you said....does this look better?

[benchdog]

Originally Posted by sgiedne

hey benchdog.....Thanks a ton pal. Thats one of the very VERY few positive comments ive got from al my photos. This simply gives me a ton load of encouragement. Thanks for that. I've cropped like you said....does this look better?

We all need some encouragement along the way.

Getting there but I was thinking a little more like this. Maybe not as tight though. Play with it and when its right it will hit you.

[sgiedne]

that was a good crop. Thanks for taking your time out to help.