Constructive critique on choice of subject, composition, printing, etc is most welcome!
(For my part, I like the symmetry of the V-shape formed by the ravine and the vegetation in the foreground. I am not so sure about the very bottom part of the print...)
Ilford Classic fb (16x12"), toned in selenium 1+19
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Darkroom print photographed with d-SLR. Image-file adjusted for sharpness, tone and contrast to be as true as possible to the original print (on my monitor)
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Please take my comments as constructive critique and how I think of things when analyzing my own images:
1. I don't like unresolved "things" sticking into the image area; rock in the middle lower foreground area and the little sprigs of branches toward the upper right area. The very small one bothers me more than the large branch.
2. Not that you could do anything about it, but that large(ish) dead tree trunk toward the upper left corner is distracting.
3. The actual print may reveal this, but I'd like to see a bit more texture in the shadow area in the lower right corner.
Well, if he were AA he would have just went over the scene with a hatchet or axe and got that stuff out of the way. I like the scene just the way it is.
Overall it's a lovely photo. I agree with your feeling about the very bottom of the print - if it were me I'd crop above the bright rock right of center bottom. In addition to removing this distraction it would reduce the size of the large area in the lower right corner, which shows little detail on my monitor (Alan mentioned this as well). That horizontal dead trunk in the upper left is a bit unfortunate, but it tells you that the photograph was taken in the real world and not some carefully manicured garden.
Waterfalls and Nudes should have lots of similarities in execution, choice of location , etc but, in reality, whereas the nude's possibilities are infinite, waterfalls are more restricted in choices;Why?
They do not move!
Your shot is a very good one, it places the viewer in the center, all shades are present and the surroundings are perfect.
If you put it up fpr sale I bet you will get offers.
Very well done