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Forum: Photo Critique 12-30-2017, 03:33 PM  
Nature Upside-down toughts?
Posted By nicolpa47
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As I posted the first comment on here, I decided to take a look at a number of reflected shots of my own. Many exhibit the same trait of the directly viewed area being lighter than the reflected and darker areas. This can be compensated for in GIMP and other software. As to the composition, my photos - which are not contest winners - all show a greater coverage of the subject, and most have a clear demarcation line between the direct and reflected areas - be it a river or canal bank, etc.

Sometimes, you don't need that demarcation line because the reflected image makes a photo on its own, and the reflected and direct areas coalesce to make a whole which can be turned upside down. My wife took what I believe is such a photo. This is a link to the photo. https://scontent.flhr4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/12671865_10201545065464214_...d6&oe=5AB65285
Forum: Photo Critique 12-26-2017, 04:59 PM  
Nature Upside-down toughts?
Posted By nicolpa47
Replies: 19
Views: 2,418
Ok, I'll jump in, but I've never previously commented on anyone else's photos, and I didn't view the photo in relation to the photo contest. There are others on here who will be much more qualified than I to comment. These are just my personal views.

As it stands above, I simply found the bottom third of the photo too confusing(busy), and I would have cropped that version back to the area that you say is the reflected part. But, I would not have entered it that way.

I have downloaded the image and restored the original orientation. It immediately makes more sense as you appreciate the floating leaves for what they are(which you don't in the above version) and you can see immediately that the main part is a reflection. Without knowing what was off-screen, it is difficult to guess what other framing or cropping choices were available, but I think I would have preferred to include a little more of the direct scene as well as the reflected.

I like the rendering of the reflected area, as the reflected blue sky provides a counterpoint, but I think I would have tried to darken the non-reflected area a little in order to bring out the autumn colours, particularly in the "V" of the tree trunks. Just my personal, and probably conservative, view. Hope this helps.

Colin
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