Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: stevieisballer on April 09, 2018, 11:33:37 pm
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I’d like to hear yall’s thoughts on this photo? How can I improve?
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180410/298fe933f65a6535c95348573c533ee5.jpg)
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I think it is pretty lovely as it is! In a perfect world you could ask for a few more puffy clouds nicely balanced across the sky. And waiting for the sun to come up a touch more and give that nice sunburst effect might make it more dramatic. But I think the composition is pretty nice, the foreground is interesting with nice texture. I'm a dead tree guy so i'd perhaps pan a tiny bit to the left to get more of that, but it is working well as it is... I think the slow shutter speed to smooth the water is quite effective...
Nicely seen and executed.
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Nice composition and execution. It works just fine as is for me.
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...a bit heavy on the HDR? The elongation of the foreground is a bit distracting. That can easily be fixed by copying the bottom half, pasting it over the original, and then scaling down the height by 25% or so.
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Thanks for all the input everyone!
...a bit heavy on the HDR? The elongation of the foreground is a bit distracting. That can easily be fixed by copying the bottom half, pasting it over the original, and then scaling down the height by 25% or so.
I have been trying to find the right balance of HDR. When you say elongation, do you mean I should just crop up a little to the edge of the puddle?
Thanks!