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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: larkvi on December 08, 2006, 02:22:39 am

Title: Fog & Reflections, Dawn, Glacier National Park
Post by: larkvi on December 08, 2006, 02:22:39 am

I am always commenting on others' work, so I will put a piece that I am having problems with up:

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I wonder if people could give their general reaction to this image, specifically, whether it comes across as too symetrical, or as lop-sided, given the position of the sun and its reflection.

-Sean

Title: Fog & Reflections, Dawn, Glacier National Park
Post by: BernardLanguillier on December 08, 2006, 03:15:57 am

Hi Larkvi,

Thanks for posting. I love the tones and colors.

I am not disturbed by the symmetry vertical, but feel a certain lack of balance in the left to right direction. The image feels like it is tilted to the right.

Regards,
Bernard

Title: Fog & Reflections, Dawn, Glacier National Park
Post by: larkvi on December 09, 2006, 11:00:52 pm

The last person I showed it to also thought it looked like it was about to fall over because the right is so comparitively empty. I have yet to find an acceptable solution, which makes the image feel balanced.

Title: Fog & Reflections, Dawn, Glacier National Park
Post by: Lisa Nikodym on December 11, 2006, 12:00:30 pm

It looks very good to me.  In this particular case, the top-to-bottom symmetry works very well.  After reading the previous comment, however, I also got the feeling of its being slightly tilted to the right.  I also feel like it would work a little better if the moon were slightly closer to the center (left-to-right) than it is.

Those are minor quibbles, however.  It's a beautiful photo.

Lisa