lake istokpoga #15

• Dietmar Wolf

• Aug 23, 2007

this one ;-) Maybe some edge burning improves the middle tree.

 

• thebanana

• Aug 23, 2007

Yep, this one. Not that there is anything wrong with #15.

 

• Thomas Bertilsson

• Aug 23, 2007

How do you comment on this? Both are fantastic. If there is anything I'd like to see done in this as a print, I would probably burn in the top left a little bit. That slightly brighter area is full of mid grays that takes away from the fantastic contrast rendered in the center of the frame. It would help leading my view into the frame.
I would have been proud to call myself camera operator on both of these shots.
- Thomas

 

• r-brian

• Aug 23, 2007

To me the mass in the lower left is distracting. And I really don't feel a good flow through the picture. Too much dead space in the fore ground. Cutting most of the fore ground off and making the image into a semi-panoramic works better for me.

 

• pentaxuser

• Aug 23, 2007

This one. The other doesn't have a frame within a frame effect and look too crowded with no focal point. When you see the two together, you can understand why all the books contain examples of why a frame within a frame is worth looking for.

IMHO none of it is broke so don't fix any of it.

pentaxuser

 

• Tony Sipes

• Aug 23, 2007

They are both beautiful shots but I prefer this one. The water seems a bit more still and the reflections are a lot more prominent.

 

• Sportera

• Aug 23, 2007

I too enjoyed both but prefer this one. They are both fantastic images

 

• mcfactor

• Aug 24, 2007

This is a very interesting picture precisely because the small tree is in the middle, overshadowed by larger trees and supported by clouds.

 

• dida

• Aug 24, 2007

Breathtaking photograph for someone from central europe. It is like vision from jurassic times ...
Beautiful and perfectly done ...
r.

 

• John Brady

• Aug 24, 2007

OK, the concensus looks to be this shot so I will go with it. Thank you all for weighing in and the constructive as well as positive feed back. You all are the best!!!
jb