Watendlath Beck

[KMRennie]

It has been raining for days so the streams are full of water. I realise that I am about a decade late for the long exposure look but it looks right to me. This beck is in Borrowdale in Cumbria in the English Lake District. All comments welcome. Ken

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

I don't follow the latest fashions, so I can say I like it a lot.

[opgr]

I don't follow the latest fashions, so I can say I like it a lot.

+1

Not sure about the relevance of the bottom 10% but that may be my 2x1 formatfetish cropping up.

[stamper]

Definitely a winner.

[Bob_B]

Looks right to me, too.

[KMRennie]

Thanks for the comments. Last version done on laptop. Redone on desktop with much darker wide gamut monitor. This is much lighter with a bit cropped off the bottom. I hope that this hasn't detroyed the mood. Ken

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

I think you've got it just right now.

[francois]

Yes, this one is much better than the original.
Bravo, it's a very nice image!

[luxborealis]

The first was notable in its somber mood, beautiful in its own right.

The redo is spectacular! You've kept the mood but given it a sparkle that sets up even greater three dimensionality. It's really tactile.

[Jeremy Roussak]

The second version is enormously better processed. I'm not sure how relevant the crop is, but the overall result is excellent.

Jeremy

[brandtb]

I think it's a great use of long exposure - this image - perfect. I think the first image is too dark and probably could use more saturations in the greens - and the framing is good. Because it's so dark you miss the "curving light line shapes" in the water in the near foreground/bottommost part of the original post (and some of the color). Pulling the dark shadows up you start to see them - and they are very interesting shapes - worth accentuating and keeping as they add to the overall scene. Then the lowest portion of the frame starts to contribute to the rest.