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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Jeremy Roussak on February 11, 2017, 12:20:08 pm

Title: seljalandsfoss 2
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on February 11, 2017, 12:20:08 pm
Thoughts? Should I create some texture in the sky (by copy from elsewhere)?

Jeremy
Title: Re: seljalandsfoss 2
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on February 11, 2017, 12:31:38 pm
Jeremy,

This is lovely. I would leave the sky as it is; the waterfall is the story here. There is this belief in some quarters that the sky always has to have "drama" that I find not at all convincing.
Title: Re: seljalandsfoss 2
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 11, 2017, 01:32:19 pm
Quote from: Rajan Parrikar on February 11, 2017, 12:31:38 pm
Jeremy,

This is lovely. I would leave the sky as it is; the waterfall is the story here. There is this belief in some quarters that the sky always has to have "drama" that I find not at all convincing.
I agree. Too much drama in the wrong place ends up being distraction.
Title: Re: seljalandsfoss 2
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on February 12, 2017, 04:01:37 am
Quote from: Rajan Parrikar on February 11, 2017, 12:31:38 pm
This is lovely. I would leave the sky as it is; the waterfall is the story here. There is this belief in some quarters that the sky always has to have "drama" that I find not at all convincing.

Thanks, Rajan. I particularly value any comment you make about photographs of Iceland. I wasn't thinking of introducing drama, just wondering if the shot would be improved by introducing a little gentle cloud texture to the blank area, which is quite large.

Jeremy
Title: Re: seljalandsfoss 2
Post by: stamper on February 12, 2017, 06:49:37 am
Quote from: Rajan Parrikar on February 11, 2017, 12:31:38 pm
Jeremy,

This is lovely. I would leave the sky as it is; the waterfall is the story here. There is this belief in some quarters that the sky always has to have "drama" that I find not at all convincing.

Agreed!
Title: Re: seljalandsfoss 2
Post by: RSL on February 12, 2017, 07:14:42 am
+1
Title: Re: seljalandsfoss 2
Post by: Patricia Sheley on February 12, 2017, 07:23:21 am
Metaphor for life~ sorrow and beauty in regal balance...
Title: Re: seljalandsfoss 2
Post by: JNB_Rare on February 12, 2017, 11:30:39 am
Lovely as is.
Title: Re: seljalandsfoss 2
Post by: philaitman on February 12, 2017, 01:04:08 pm
I agree with the above, don't touch the sky there is drama enough in the rest of the scene. Wonderful :)
Title: Re: seljalandsfoss 2
Post by: Tony Jay on February 12, 2017, 04:48:40 pm
I may as well add my voice to the choir.
I think that this image is excellent as is.
Sometimes, an area of low interest in an image can really emphasise the real interest in the image - in this case the waterfall.
Even a lot of the rock strata over which the waterfall plunges - being in deep shadow -  is not that obvious, and it does not matter, the waterfall itself is a thing of poetry!

Tony Jay