natures mirror

[tvoelcker]

Something sems to be missing from this composition but I can't seem to put my finger on it.
Perhaps there is too much trees and not enough of the reflections.
What are your thoughts and suggestions?
As you can see this was taken with a point and shoot.
Not brave enough to carry the XTI out in the canoe yet ..


Camera: Canon PowerShot A590 IS
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/2.6
Focal Length: 5.8 mm
ISO Speed: 80
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Auto, Did not fire

[mpf777]

Nice shot with nice greens. Love the reflections. I do find that I almost want to see more of the reflections, they have a nice painter look to them.

Mike

[navcom]

Hey Tom. You need a Pentax K-series body....water sealed. I dropped my K10D in a stream a couple years ago. Wiped it off and continued shooting.

Boy, looking at your Flickr site, you folks must be sick of water by now! We can send you some snow from Minnesota if you'd like!

I also like the reflections but I think what you are craving is a center of interest. There isn't really anything that draws you in or leads you through...just water and trees.

...of course, with flooding, that's kind of what you get!

[mike1187]

The shot dosent really have anything in particular that your eye is drawn to. I think the group of trees on the left, and the group on the right are competing for attention. I think cropping one of the groups out would leave only one area to catch your eye.

[tvoelcker]

Thanks for all the great feedback.
Apparantly it is the lack of a strong subject that I'm missing, as was suggested. I was hoping the reflections would have enough vertical lines to draw the eyes into the frame which might still happen, but the trees lack enough punch..
Too bad there wasn't a nice colorful tree near the center to capture the eyes..
Thanks again for the feedback..