[Goosey]

gday guys
this is a creek we found on our travels
let me know what you think as your input is always valuable
many thanks goosey

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Last edited by Goosey; 11-27-2014 at 09:41 PM.

[MarkJerling]

Nice shot!

[j2photos]

I feel like the crop is too tight. Maybe give us so more of the blue sky.

[esrandall]

I like it overall (especially the clarity of the reflections in the creek), but along with j2photos, would like to see it with more sky. I'm not sure what it would do for image balance, but all of that dark area on the far left is such a contrast to the overall brightness of your image, that I wonder what it would look like with some of that cropped away?

[Na Horuk]

The colours and DoF are nice, but I agree with the above comments that some parts are a little too dark. Not too dark, but just too much dark in the photo overall, especially the left third

[Goosey]

had a bit of a play from your thoughts let me know what you think
goosey

[wildman]

Thought it might benefit from bringing up the mid and shadows for more detail and "pop" ....

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Last edited by wildman; 11-23-2014 at 02:57 AM.

[Elisha]

Personally I think the last version is TOO light and processed-looking. I think the middle version is just right re: the colors/lighting. However, it looks obviously horizontally stretched? I looked at it next to the first version posted and I'm definitely not crazy/seeing things, lol!

[esrandall]

I like your second one better (Goosey), though I agree that it does look a little stretched. I think cropping off that dark area is a definite plus for my eyes.

[nomadkng]

exposure wise,, I think somewhere between goosey's 2nd attempt and Wildman's version is closer. if nothing else, at least bring up the trees on the left.

composition wise, something about this image bothers me. I'm all over the place trying to find something that jumps out at me and says "I'm the subject".
If its the creek, it needed a different angle, to highlight the creek. As it is, the creek is a blank leading line to the rather boring hill in the center that's overpowered by the trees to the left which brings you to the sky reflections back over the center hill to the sky. For me, there's a whole lotta empty. Finding a foreground anchor may have helped.

Also, the image looks distorted, like it was slightly narrower, but then cropped wider without aspect ratios maintained. Maybe it's just lens distortion, but its disconcerting.

There's a lot of questions that can't be answered without the uncropped original version, but the bottom line is that exposure and composition seems off, there's nothing "meaty" to latch onto and the underexposed foliage doesn't help..

[LensBeginner]

A little thing that distracts me is the fact that I'd like to see more of what's on the right, as opposed to the dark, black areas on the left that aren't that interesting.
The lake is cut short on the right side, and so are the beautiful sky and the reflections.
A few degrees of rotation would have done the trick.
Nice image though!

[Goosey]

gday guys
I think with this photo that maybe I am trying to get out more than the original is giving me, so I might put it in play with it later file
thanks for all you input goosey