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Beautiful! The big rock toward the middle makes a striking subject. I wonder if you could have found an angle that would have isolated it from the trees and their reflection so it would stand out more?? Maybe put on your waders and get closer to it with a wider angle lens. 🙂 Or perhaps a horizontal shot from farther around the shoreline. Of course that’s hard to determine without actually being there to see the lay of the land (or the water lol), but those are just my thoughts!
Thank you for your input. I have a shot that separates the rock somewhat, though it was too bad that the wind blew up just then and scattered the reflection. As for waders, I wasn’t using any, though I was in the water. (I fell in by accident 🙁 and tried to make the most of it. 🙂 )
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Ah yes, if we could only control the wind….. 🙂 That’s a nice shot! If you could have gotten just a little higher or closer to completely separate the rock I think it would be even better. I’m also wondering if you could have found an angle that would have put the rock more on the left side of the frame. As it is everything interesting is mostly on the right side. They’re both beautiful pictures and that looks like a great place to photograph (with or without waders lol) Is it near where you live?
I’ve hunted for hillsides of color like this enough to say how impressed I am with this location, @frazer-family. The rocks make for excellent foreground material to break up an otherwise flat and depth-less body of water.
I like the composition in the horizontal photo more than in the vertical photo. However, as @dan-cope pointed out, everything of interest is on the right side. And not only that, but the elements all seem to be pointing to the left, they all seem to slant that way. This is one thing I find very difficult with large-lake scenes. There’s not generally anything of shape or interest out in the water to balance the naturally heavier shoreline.
I don’t’ know what it was like where you were standing but to help with this compositional difficulty, I may have tried looking for a birch tree (or something with “picturesque” bark) growing on the same shore you were standing on to use as a frame the left side of the image in the foreground. Just a thought . . .
I think the colors in the vertical shot work better than the colors in the horizontal shot. Whether this was a change in white balance or a tweak in post, the warm glow appears really nice. And it doesn’t look like a tint covering the entire image, because the blue in the sky and water keep it from looking overdone.
Another thing I really like about the vertical shot is the smaller rock in the front. I would have tried to do more with it, by getting closer or zooming in closer to make it a more prominent element in the scene, especially if you were able to go wide with it. The rocks on the left also help balance out the scene.
This is such a great subject there’s just so much to talk about it! But in closing, I’ll say that it may have been interesting to see this shot with a long shutterspeed, made possible with an ND filter. The smoother water (especially in the horizontal picture) would add a professional touch to the picture.
Overall, it’s a great subject captured very well!
I found Evelyn did really well on the vertical shot especially. The early sunrise glow is beautiful. I know how difficult it was was get any foreground objects on the left side. I don’t suppose there were any other rocks around where you were wading? I managed to get this one, thankfully without falling in. 🙂
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What I didn’t really like about my photo, though, is that there is next to nothing in the way of clouds. Evelyn’s vertical is better that way. I did get another in which the clouds really helped to counterweight the left side of the photo, but I must hasten to say that this is not how it look in real life. I touched it up dramatically in Lightroom and I find it looks a hair fake.
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I really like that one. Also, it seems like the background is sharper in this one than the other?
I touched it up dramatically in Lightroom and I find it looks a hair fake.
Personally, it seems to me like there’s just a little too much saturation. That’s sure, since you also attached your unedited picture, the edited one may look fake, but personally I would say that it looks just great! Also, maybe I would try removing those sticks in the water before the rocks.
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The overall composition of 7210-2 is phenomenal! Too bad the sun was gone for that one.
You might find this tutorial exactly what you’re looking for to blend your two photos together realistically: http://www.shutterevolve.com/challenge-jimmy-1-exposure-blending-tutorial-in-photoshop/
I removed the sticks as suggested, but unfortunately I didn’t have time to do it before before sending it in for the IBLP PPT hymn project. Sorry, James.
That link looks really useful! He went a little fast for me, so I’d have to watch it again. And then I’ll still need to transfer the concepts over to Corel since we don’t have Photoshop. But I’m looking forward to trying it!
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