Shot at the Japanese Garden in Hermann Park in Houston, TX.
We went out early and talked our way in before opening to get the good light. I was shooting pics of a heron against a rock garden but then saw this. Tough call between this and the heron shots. We'll see how it goes.
I think this has a real soft Zen feel to it. It is hard to go for the WOW factor in a Zen challenge.
Opened from RAW
Adjusted hue to bring out the blue in the water
Crop & Size for DPC
Neat Image
USM
Save for web
Statistics
Place: 57 out of 329 Avg (all users): 6.0905 Avg (commenters): 7.1875 Avg (participants): 5.9231 Avg (non-participants): 6.2737 Views since voting: 1225 Views during voting: 302 Votes: 199 Comments: 20 Favorites: 2 (view)
Nicely exposed. There's a shadow of something on the right side that keeps drawing my eye away. For composition, I think I'd have preferred the feather a bit less on the centerline horizontally.
I really like the ripple and the idea. It looks like the feather and water are two different pictures because of the reflection more than anything else. I like how the feather is nice and clear but dislike how the water looks overprocessed. It causes an imbalance in the perception of the overall picture.
This was the approach I was going to take...couldn't find a good feather. ;^)
I like the reflection of the feather on the water. Looks like you got the timing correct on getting the shot before the ripples hit the area of the feather.
Not sure if it's my monitor here at work or not, but the feather looks a bit soft (no pun intended), especially around the front area of it.
Add photograph to your favorites
Add photographer to your favorites
Photographer found comment helpful.
