Critique Club Critique
(1) COMPOSITION (CONTENT) - Overall, I like the composition of the shot. From the title, your subject of interest was the curve in the river. Good choice. It is nicely located off center to the right, where the flowing water leads me. I also like the line of the far wall, sloped down and to the right, drawing the eye to the bend. Personally, I like the rocks in the foreground; I disagree with those that did not. They add another element to the river, and they add texture.
(2) BACKGROUND – Generally good. The use of a polarizer might have added to the sky – made it more blue.
(3) CAMERA WORK ,TECHNICAL – Looks good. You would have gotten a sharper picture with a smaller aperture (f/16?) and a tripod.
(4) DIGITAL PROCESSING ,TECHNICAL – No recommended changes.
(5) MY OPINION ON THE PHOTO – The main item in question, in my opinion, is the time of day you took this. I liked the contrasting sunlight and shadows. However, your main subject, the river bend, is in the shadows. If you had reversed the time of day (i.e., am instead of pm) and gotten the bend in the light, you would have greatly improved this. I wouldn’t like to see it taken at noon; the shadows work well. They are just reversed.
BTW, with the light & dark, and good textures, did you try converting this to B&W? I think it would be a good one.
I would like to see the complete curve of the river. . i.e. framing too cropped on the right side. sky washed out for such a sunny day. Like the contrast of the dirt, water and trees.
Nice landscape. I don't like how some of the pic is in shadow and the other half is in sun. Looks like a fantastic place to take pics. Well taken pic though. - Inspzil
I think the shot would have been a little bit better without the shadow (wouldn't it be nice to be able to sit around for days waiting for the perfect moment to take a photo). Other than that, your photo has nice focus, and a nice composition. I particularly like the rocks in the foreground. The tree disappearing out the top of the photo is a bit of a distraction, but nothing major. Well done
This is nice, the far cliff gives a good feel for the power of nature! The shadows across the lower half seem to diminish that portion of the photo and I am not all the certain the boulders in the foreground add much, I think I would have shot over them. Rats, cloudy day, oh well! 7 Swash
I do not like the shadow covering most of the image and I think that you should have shot this beautiful scene at a different time of day when it was better lit by sunlight.
Reall sharp focus in this shot, very crisp image, looks great. The only thing about it I don't care for is the shadows... it'd have probably been better if you took the shot early before the sun was so low.
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