Rancho Santa Margarita lake
Jan 30, 2017 21:18:42 #
Bunkershot wrote:
Nice job Brent...
Thank you very much Bunkershot. You must be a golfer! lol
Feb 13, 2017 13:27:45 #
Wanderer2
Loc: Colorado Rocky Mountains
iDoc wrote:
Excellent image and HDR. The foreground rocks do indeed add interest and frame the background but, to me, they overpower the far shore and sky.
I agree regarding the rocks. For my taste they are too prominent. Of course this is totally subjective (as is all composition imho), and just my opinion. The HDR is really well done and makes me envious, my attempts at it being very poor.
Mar 7, 2017 09:41:28 #
BrentHarder wrote:
Rancho Santa Margarita lake is a man made lake in the community of Rancho Santa Margarita, CA. It offers the residents to circle the lake with a meandering path. Recently I learned about having something in the foreground of a landscape that the viewer can focus on. These rocks help frame the lower half of the photo and give it interest. Please download this image.
I think you are absolutely correct to have the rocks in the foreground. Foreground tells a story about this cove and what it looks like from the homes looking back toward you. If the rocks weren't there you might think you were on a river. I was surprised to see how sharp in focus the foreground rocks and the distant homes were, wonderful. My one worry would be the movement of the clouds similar to another post I commented on. But I think I know how I would fix it because this is a worthy photo. I would look for the most properly exposed picture in you group and make a one color HDR and try and make it as close to this in you cloud area. I then would simply replace your sky with that new single shot HDR for sky. Now go around the nehborhood and sell the prints.
Mar 7, 2017 17:04:12 #
Brent, one thing I failed to comment on first time around is your use of a wide angle lens to produce a closeup of the rocks with the lake and houses in the background. In the download it is an awesome shot!
Jun 11, 2017 15:54:01 #
BrentHarder wrote:
Rancho Santa Margarita lake is a man made lake in the community of Rancho Santa Margarita, CA. It offers the residents to circle the lake with a meandering path. Recently I learned about having something in the foreground of a landscape that the viewer can focus on. These rocks help frame the lower half of the photo and give it interest. Please download this image.
nice
Jun 30, 2017 19:52:22 #
Very nice Brent. Lots of detail.
BrentHarder wrote:
Thank you very much Bunkershot. You must be a golfer! lol
Oct 14, 2017 05:24:38 #
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