bevchiron opened this issue on May 26, 2002 ยท 11 posts
bevchiron posted Sun, 26 May 2002 at 12:25 AM
"You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star...." (Nietzsche)
bsteph2069 posted Sun, 26 May 2002 at 1:12 AM
I don't know Bev. I realize I'm no great with composition and the green color looks so good. But I'm really not a moss fan. Still the water is good. I take it you are a early riser. Bsteph
PhrankPower posted Sun, 26 May 2002 at 1:45 AM
Well, to each his own, but moss (or any type of green algae growth) is a great subject. Even though I like this a lot, and can almost hear the water (looks fairly clean too), I'm looking to see what I'm missing at the top of the photo. The water rushing out and the algae seem to be the subject focal point, but the fence, barn, and that general area has me guessing, and steals my attention away.
ASalina posted Sun, 26 May 2002 at 2:59 AM
Cropping didn't seem to be the answer, so I tried veiling
the background in shadows. Seems to put the focus on the
moss, bridge, and water a little more, without tightening
up the image too much.
(Don't mind the white stripe in the top left corner. That's
my sloppiness/tiredness :-)
Michelle A. posted Sun, 26 May 2002 at 5:02 AM
Hmmm.....I don't know I find myself being drawn more to the upper right hand corner of the image. Maybe cropping that would work.....at any point this is really pretty bev...looks like a beautiful place to take a walk.
I am, therefore I create.......
--- michelleamarante.com
mysnapz posted Sun, 26 May 2002 at 5:49 AM
Nice shot bevchiron you have got the composition fine like the diagonal. Can see why Asalina has darkened the top that roof does draw your eye away from the main subject. Maybe you need to borrow punkclowns wellies and get in the water for a really low shot:)
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. Salvador Dali
Quinn posted Sun, 26 May 2002 at 6:46 AM
A great color in this Bev, but my eye is looking for the bend in the stream on the right hand side. Dont know if it is there, but thats what I keep trying to see.
Misha883 posted Sun, 26 May 2002 at 7:13 AM
randyrives posted Sun, 26 May 2002 at 10:37 AM
Great shot Bev! Love to take walks and this looks like a great place for a walk. I like what ASalina did. I think it improves on an already great shot. --Randy R
bevchiron posted Sun, 26 May 2002 at 11:44 AM
Plenty of ferns here Alpha, they're only just coming out now & I love them too, won't be able to resist! ASalina, I like what you did, I think it works, I tried a few cropping & shading things but nothing really worked. Marshall you're right about the stable roof too, this is when it's so good to have fresh eyes, I see this everyday & I'm so used to it being there I don't see it! Quinn, the bend can't be seen from there, the idea is more to draw the eye that way & let the viewer imagine... ; ) Thanks for the comments everyone ; ) Bsteph, you wouldn't like it here, stand still for 5 minutes & moss will be growing up your legs!!
"You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star...." (Nietzsche)
PhrankPower posted Sun, 26 May 2002 at 11:51 AM
If I could go there, I'd what mysnapz suggested: get down real low so you can get all the stream, and the background stuff (fence/barn) could be there too, but preferably out of the DOF. However it's done, what a great place for a walk!