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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: RSL on November 21, 2012, 07:11:34 pm

Title: River Photography
Post by: RSL on November 21, 2012, 07:11:34 pm
A new photographic genre. Remember, you saw it here first.
Title: Re: River Photography
Post by: amolitor on November 21, 2012, 07:57:36 pm
Nice, I like the moss and the squirrel's tail, a lot.

The background feels off to me, somehow. The light feels different on the subject than the background?
Title: Re: River Photography
Post by: shutterpup on November 21, 2012, 08:39:25 pm
Love the repetition of the squirrel tail many times in the moss ;)
Title: Re: River Photography
Post by: francois on November 22, 2012, 04:44:05 am
Sweet, love the light on the tree and squirrel.
Title: Re: River Photography
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 22, 2012, 09:46:25 am
Lovely shot, Russ.

And now we see the diffference between Landscape Photography and River Photography. Instead of the Hand of Man, the latter requires the Tail of Squirrel.   ;D
Title: Re: River Photography
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 22, 2012, 12:12:01 pm
... Instead of the Hand of Man, the latter requires the Tail of Squirrel.   ;D

Eric, you can't get away without a hand of man, in this case the hand is necessary in order to crop the image and get rid of the out-of-focus and too bright foreground, and some distractions on the left ;)
Title: Re: River Photography
Post by: seamus finn on November 22, 2012, 04:10:04 pm

Crop or not, it's still a beautiful scene.
Title: Re: River Photography
Post by: SJ.Butel on November 22, 2012, 07:38:17 pm
Really nice shot!
Title: Re: River Photography
Post by: francois on November 23, 2012, 05:28:06 am

the latter requires the Tail of Squirrel.   ;D


Now, for a perfect image, try to include a lighthouse!

 :)
Title: Re: River Photography
Post by: RSL on November 23, 2012, 09:01:11 am
. . .crop the image and get rid of the out-of-focus and too bright foreground, and some distractions on the left ;)

I've struggled with this one for days, Slobodan. When I first looked at the picture I considered cropping out all or part of the bokeh in the foreground, though I never considered cropping the left side. Your crop is a good one, and I've gone back to it many times since you posted it. But the extremely narrow zone of focus puts my eye on the squirrel, where it belongs, and the composition needs to be looser than the crop allows it to be. I've finally decided not to crop. Opinions abut that may vary, and I can't knock the other point of view, because I almost agree with it. . . but not quite.