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The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: RMW on August 08, 2022, 04:22:55 pm

Title: Setting Sun in Terrabonne Bay
Post by: RMW on August 08, 2022, 04:22:55 pm
In the Southern Marsh of Louisiana
Title: Re: Setting Sun in Terrabonne Bay
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on August 08, 2022, 04:43:41 pm
Lovely mood, well felt. I'm ambivalent about the foreground grass - whether a sharp rendering would have been more appropriate or not.

Title: Re: Setting Sun in Terrabonne Bay
Post by: Arlen on August 08, 2022, 05:06:43 pm
Lovely mood, well felt. I'm ambivalent about the foreground grass - whether a sharp rendering would have been more appropriate or not.

Those are my thoughts, too. I like the mood a lot, but given the size and prominence of the foreground plant compared to he small sun, it seems like it might be better if it were in sharper focus.
Title: Re: Setting Sun in Terrabonne Bay
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 08, 2022, 07:28:10 pm
I like it as it is.

The suggested changes might improve it some.
Title: Re: Setting Sun in Terrabonne Bay
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on August 09, 2022, 03:03:54 am
Nice mood.
Title: Re: Setting Sun in Terrabonne Bay
Post by: francois on August 09, 2022, 05:58:09 am
Add my praise and remark to the above. It's a very nice shot with a serene mood.
Title: Re: Setting Sun in Terrabonne Bay
Post by: Bob_B on August 09, 2022, 06:46:11 am
+1, I tend to agree with the earlier comments on the foreground grass. I wonder if the grass' relative translucence isn't what's making it distracting?
Title: Re: Setting Sun in Terrabonne Bay
Post by: RMW on August 09, 2022, 02:34:29 pm
Fellows, thank you all for your good and helpful comments. I put this foto up on LuLa to get feedback from those I respect about an issue that I have been wrestling with for a long time. These southern wetlands are beautiful, indeed they're a sunset lovers paradise, but, they're dying off and disappearing at the rate of an acre an hour. Wanting to make a visual record of both the good and the bad, how do you photograph a beautiful place that is also a sad place? How do you portray beauty and tragedy together in a natural environment ?
One way I try, is to make the image b&w. And that helps some. But does having the solitary out-of-focus marsh plant convey a certain lonely sorrow, a certain "off-key element" that intrigues the viewer or does it simply irritate the viewer? I feel ambiguous (and a certain confusion along with it), just as Rajan, Arlen, Eric and BobB do.
How might the composition be different? The grass plant is much bigger than the sun, but in a way the plant is a main part of the account.
Thank you all again for looking.
Richard
Here's a National Geo article on the subject.https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/no-state-is-losing-land-like-louisiana-but-no-other-state-has-a-bolder-plan
Title: Re: Setting Sun in Terrabonne Bay
Post by: Arlen on August 09, 2022, 02:43:29 pm
Well now that you've described the situation, I feel more sympathy for the out of focus foreground plant. It may indeed be appropriate for the message you want to convey.
Title: Re: Setting Sun in Terrabonne Bay
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 10, 2022, 09:47:21 am
Well now that you've described the situation, I feel more sympathy for the out of focus foreground plant. It may indeed be appropriate for the message you want to convey.
+1.