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Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 96 |
Dec 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Gloria. It is interesting to see that everyone saw the cloud as the beast vs. he mountain. I can see why, but did not see that myself. I need to make the mountain a little more "beast like".
Agree also on the crop. I see now that the lack of content on the right side is throwing off the visual balance as well as not giving the flowers their due prominence.
Great comments - again, thanks.
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Dec 19th |
| 96 |
Dec 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Bob. Great comments. I was indeed thinking of the mountain as the beast (the cloud just being supporting chorus), but I've managed to make it look far less than menacing. I will work on that. I will consider the crop as well as there seems to be consensus that there is not a lot going on in the right side. |
Dec 19th |
| 96 |
Dec 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Haru. I think you are right, that the mountain does not appear "beast" enough. I think I've lightened it to draw the eye there, but in so doing it looks too benign. I think there is dark drama in the cloud, but not the mountain. I will work on that. I will think about the right side crop as well - there is not a lot going on there, but I am not sure there is a crop which doesn't make the cloud look cut off. |
Dec 19th |
| 96 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
Hi Viren. While I am not familiar with the specific history behind this memorial, it is clear from your description that it is a powerful story and place. However, I am not sure I get that power and emotion from the image. As is, it feels more documentary.
I am not sure what to do, either with the current capture, or what could be done in an alternative attempt. I feel like the real power comes in the tombs and martyr images on the side - I think those even more than the actual monument and flame in the back. It would be nice to find a way to make the tombs more prominent. I am not sure the left side (trees and benches) adds anything, and same with the trees in the upper right. I am not sure there are simple tweaks to light or color or cropping that are going to convey the emotion that the location deserves.
Perhaps a human element could bring a lot more emotion to this - I mourner kneeling in front of one of the tombs, or someone sitting on the bench at the left with head lowered. Alternatively, if one of the flowers had blown off the tomb and fallen on the ground, that would carry a strong emotional message for me. Just some thoughts.
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Dec 19th |
| 96 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
Hi Bob. If you are truly leaving us, then I think you are going out on a high note. I really like this image - it is perhaps my favorite of the many you have presented in the group. The colors really work - the red of the roof with the pink in the sky. I am tempted to pull the orange and yellow of the flowers a bit more red to match there as well, but perhaps that would go too far. The composition is simple, but elegant. I like the framing of the foreground rock which is so appropriate to this image. I would crop or perhaps clone out the roof of the 2nd building on the left.
Thank you for all that you have done in administering the group and providing insights on our images. I hope that you find a way to continue to make photography a part of your life. Wishing you the best.
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Dec 19th |
| 96 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
Hi Gloria. I love the colors and simplicity of the image. I think it works well. The placement of the boat in the pink water reflection is particularly nice. In general there is a nice layering to the colors.
I agree with the other folks that you need to spot out the blurred birds in the center. I also agree with Viren that the boat is a little too centered, and it would be better to crop some from the left and top to get the boat closer to a thirds placement.
I don't think the image is noisy. You shot at ISO 100 and the sky looks fine. I think the 1/6 sec shutter speed is just creating an interesting effect in the wind swept water that looks a bit like noise. It doesn't bother me. But if you are going for more of a calm look, then I'd maybe add a blur as Bob did, or use a neutral density filter next time to shoot at a longer shutter. Of course maybe you want the tension of calm with not calm - your title "Calm but Ready" suggests some sort of tension.
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Dec 19th |
| 96 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
Hi Haru. When I first opened the Group page and saw this image as a thumbnail, I went "Wow!". It doesn't disappoint when one blows it up and looks at it larger. I think this is my favorite of all the images you've presented in the Group. It is really stunning. For me the image is all about the light - particularly that which pours out from behind the hills on the right. That light, as well as the glimpses of warmer light in places in the sky, hints at what is to come - something brighter contrasting with the moody darkness which dominates the present. You were blessed to find such amazing light in what is already a scene with great potential.
I think my eye goes immediately to the light in the center, which I follow back to where it emerges from the notch and from behind the hills at the right. Then I explore the layers of the distant mountains, which are beautiful in their own way. After that I think I come back to the foreground and appreciate the left 2/3 of the trees (not so much the set over on the right), and then perhaps start the same sequence again.
Unlike your previous image from this location, I don't find this one busy. I think that is because this one is about the light vs. the forms of the trees. With that emphasis, and with the trees darker here, their overlaps and such don't bother me.
I am not sure I would do anything to improve it - nor that it needs improvement. I always consider other crops, but I don't think I'd bring any edge in. The clouds at the bottom and top give a great symmetry, help guide one to the notch from where the light emerges, and add to the contrast between light and dark. The right edge is the least interesting part of the image, but I think you need the space to place the distant notch/valley in a good position.
This image reminds me quite a bit of the feel of the cover image to William Neill's Light on the Landscape book. I think I like yours more.
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Dec 9th |
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