Beaver Lake

[Dave Pluimer]

Beaver Lake Nature Preserve, Indiana. Canon 6D, Canon 70-200 f/4 L IS

Another early morning shot from last weekend. Any critiques are very welcome.

[Jeremy Roussak]

Lovely sky. I don't think the blurred grasses in the foreground add anything, though. I'd crop it just below the base of the tree.

Jeremy

[thierrylegros396]

Good as it is for me.

[IcelandAurora]

Works for me, great colours in the sky.

[Dave Pluimer]

Thanks, everyone, for the feedback and comments.

I'm torn about the foreground. Even it if was in focus, I don't know how much it would add. But, when I consider the whole frame, it does help separate the image into 1/3s. Then again, maybe I'm only justifying?

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

I'd crop the bottom so that the grassy foreground is about 1/4 of the total height of the image. This doesn't fit the "rule of thirds," but it looks right to me for the photo.

[wolfnowl]

Lovely sky. I don't think the blurred grasses in the foreground add anything, though. I'd crop it just below the base of the tree.

Jeremy

I agree.

Mike.

[luxborealis]

Thanks, everyone, for the feedback and comments.

I'm torn about the foreground. Even it if was in focus, I don't know how much it would add. But, when I consider the whole frame, it does help separate the image into 1/3s. Then again, maybe I'm only justifying?

You're not locked into the aspect ratio of the camera - try a square crop of the upper ⅔s.

[francois]

I'd crop the bottom so that the grassy foreground is about 1/4 of the total height of the image. This doesn't fit the "rule of thirds," but it looks right to me for the photo.

I also agree but it's a nice image with glorious colors.

Edit: correction, I mean with glorious colors and not without…

[dhancock]

I would keep the grass. When I had only seen the top half of the photograph before scrolling down, my first thought was: this is a rather typical and boring sunset photograph. However, when I scrolled down, I actually enjoyed the photograph. The grass adds to the impact of the photograph. It adds movement and life - you can almost hear the quiet swishing of the wind blowing though it.

[markadams99]

I would keep the grass.

Yes. The depth of the grass gives a strong feeling of place.
I'd crop the sky and a tad from the left.

[Paulo Bizarro]

Wonderful light and colours. If there was enough wind to blur  the grasses a bit more, it would be interesting to see the result. Or perhaps use a ND filter to drag the exposure a bit more?

[batmura]

Great work!