Just a Rock.

[FormElement]

I'm not sure where to put this one, but I wanted to see if anyone had a special reaction to it. I am working on capturing environment images that have that special "something". This one almost does it for me. I shot almost the exact same angle at f/8 and it feels completely different, not nearly as moody.

Canon XSi
EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS USM
@ 21mm
f/2.8
ISO 100
1/1000
mixed cloudy early afternoon

[cphoniball]

Heyas. Sorry if this isn't what you're looking for, but thought I'd offer some general critique.

The interesting part of this image to me is that the color of the rock in the front matches the color of one (or two?) rocks in the out-of-focus background. However, that said, the image feels very static to me. I'm missing a dynamic element, whether it be compositionally or otherwise. Strong diagonals are often helpful for creating a dynamic element, as is late-afternoon (golden hour) lighting.

It's good that you're taking the same shots with different settings and seeing how they come out.. I need to do that again as well... Keep shooting