Lakescape

[LenDog]

Hello all,

I'm relatively new to digital photography, moved up from P&S about 4 months ago. Been working hard at it, improving, but......looking for other opinions.

This photo is my favorite from a September trip (nothing more recent that I'm excited about for the moment) we took to Lake Konstanz, Germany. I was working on depth of field, hence aperture priority.

What do you think?
- does the Ferry Flag distract from the photo?
- is the foreground (the city) too dark?
- what do you think of the composition, particularly vertically? Too much water?

All critiques are welcome, please feel free to comment on any aspect of the photo.

Thanks in advance.



Sonly A330
Shutter Speed: 1/125 sec
Aperture: F10
Mode: Aperture priority
ISO: 200
Lens Focal Lenght: 26mm
35mm Focal Length: 39mm

[PhotoPhix]

Originally Posted by LenDog

Hello all,

I'm relatively new to digital photography, moved up from P&S about 4 months ago. Been working hard at it, improving, but......looking for other opinions.

This photo is my favorite from a September trip (nothing more recent that I'm excited about for the moment) we took to Lake Konstanz, Germany. I was working on depth of field, hence aperture priority.

What do you think?
- does the Ferry Flag distract from the photo?
- is the foreground (the city) too dark?
- what do you think of the composition, particularly vertically? Too much water?

All critiques are welcome, please feel free to comment on any aspect of the photo.

Thanks in advance.



Sonly A330
Shutter Speed: 1/125 sec
Aperture: F10
Mode: Aperture priority
ISO: 200
Lens Focal Lenght: 26mm
35mm Focal Length: 39mm

I think you pretty much itemized the negatives of your own shot. I did a quick edit,and although the horizon still appears slanted,I think its because of the shape of the shoreline.

Armando

[navcom]

I think Armando pretty much hit it. Land/house strip a little too much in the center and the pole is pretty distracting. Cool architecture!

[LenDog]

Thanks for opinions and, on some points, confirmation.

Armando - thanks for the edit, I think how someone else chooses to edit a photo is a valuable and unique critique of it's own.

navcom - the architecture here is amazing. "Old" often means originally built in the 3 digit AD dates, if not BC.

[navcom]

It's very lovely countryside! Having relatives that came from a bit east of you in Bavaria, I have a bit of bias towards the Siegsdorf/Austrian border area.

[LenDog]

This photo was taken very near the German Bavarian and Austrian borders. The city is Meersburg, maybe 20 miles from the Baden-Wurttenburg/Bavaria Border, 30 from Austria. Quite a ways from Seigsdorf though. Beautiful part of the world.