Fall Reflections: Photographed in a park in Massachusetts. Cropped to a portrait orientation. Morning overcast lighting. Exposure compensation

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

Photographed in a park in Massachusetts. Cropped to a portrait orientation. Morning overcast lighting. Exposure compensation - 0.3.

ISO 400, 75mm, f/11, 1/125 of a second.

Thanks for any critique. 8-)

Photo Girl Loc: SE Pasco County, FL

Wow, that's so pretty; love the mirror reflections!

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

Photo Girl wrote:

Wow, that's so pretty; love the mirror reflections!

Thanks Margo but......what about it don't you like, step up and swing that bat.
:D

Heirloom Tomato Loc: Oregon

Bmac wrote:

Photographed in a park in Massachusetts. Cropped to a portrait orientation. Morning overcast lighting. Exposure compensation - 0.3.

ISO 400, 75mm, f/11, 1/125 of a second.

Thanks for any critique. 8-)

Lovely! You made all the right setting choices. Exposure and composition and color all look great. :thumbup: :thumbup:

Photo Girl Loc: SE Pasco County, FL

Bmac wrote:

Thanks Margo but......what about it don't you like, step up and swing that bat.
:D

Oops! Sorry, I picked them up under 'Upcoming Topics - All Sections'. I have to get in the habit of looking at the title when selecting a subject. Let me look up the rules & I'll get back to you. This will be my first attempt at critique. Thank you, I have to get my feet wet in this sometime!
Margo

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

Heirloom Tomato wrote:

Lovely! You made all the right setting choices. Exposure and composition and color all look great. :thumbup: :thumbup:

Thanks Heirloom Tomato, you are too kind. 8-)

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

Photo Girl wrote:

Let me look up the rules & I'll get back to you. This will be my first attempt at critique. Thank you, I have to get my feet wet in this sometime! Margo

Good for you and critique the image honestly, don't hold back. I may not always agree with critique, and might tell you if I don't, but enjoy hearing what others think and might do to produce an image they would personally enjoy more. :-)

Heirloom Tomato Loc: Oregon

Bmac wrote:

Thanks Heirloom Tomato, you are too kind. 8-)

The grass in the left foreground is the only part of the image that isn't beautiful, mostly because it mingles with the reflection and looks a bit busy, but I don't see a good way to eliminate it. I would hate to see those perfect reflections chopped off. If you don't like it, you could try darkening the grass to make it less apparent.

Photo Girl Loc: SE Pasco County, FL

Bmac wrote:

Good for you and critique the image honestly, don't hold back. I may not always agree with critique, and might tell you if I don't, but enjoy hearing what others think and might do to produce an image they would personally enjoy more. :-)

OK - from an amateur's point of view:

1. I feel the picture is well composed and balanced, however the ripple in the middle bothers me - it separates the picture.
2. I don't feel the rule of 3rd's needs to be applied here.
3. The focus is crisp.
4. I like the lighting and it is nicely reflected in the water. I think the sky is the correct lighting; any darker sky would overpower the image.
5. I think it is very creative. My eye goes from the lower left to the right and up the orange reflection up through the rest of the picture.

If it needs to tell a story, the story is: "the end of summer".

I would like to get rid of the ripple, frame it and hang it.
Margo

Graham Smith Loc: Cambridgeshire UK

If you have Photoshop

Bmac wrote:

Photographed in a park in Massachusetts. Cropped to a portrait orientation. Morning overcast lighting. Exposure compensation - 0.3.

ISO 400, 75mm, f/11, 1/125 of a second.

Thanks for any critique. 8-)

Hello Bmac, it has an oversharpened look to me, fine detail such as leaves and twigs are susceptible to this. You could try a very light application of USM and boost the saturation a touch to give the leaves a glow. If you have Photoshop the soft light filter would give a glow.

Graham

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

Heirloom Tomato wrote:

The grass in the left foreground is the only part of the image that isn't beautiful, mostly because it mingles with the reflection and looks a bit busy, but I don't see a good way to eliminate it. I would hate to see those perfect reflections chopped off. If you don't like it, you could try darkening the grass to make it less apparent.

I agree completely with you, it is a dark blob. Okay here is the scenario, a park in late fall where many leaves have already dropped off or turned that ugly (to me) brown. Tried to find a decent angle with limited time (keep on trucking!) in a somewhat barren landscape. There was some decent foliage around but difficult to find and photograph. 8-)

Heirloom Tomato Loc: Oregon

Bmac wrote:

I agree completely with you, it is a dark blob. Okay here is the scenario, a park in late fall where many leaves have already dropped off or turned that ugly (to me) brown. Tried to find a decent angle with limited time (keep on trucking!) in a somewhat barren landscape. There was some decent foliage around but difficult to find and photograph. 8-)

We are in that time of year where the beauty of early-to-mid fall is bumping uncomfortably against the browns of late fall. I have color enhanced some of my late fall photos to make them more pleasing. You could select that part and try changing the color to something that looks better to you. Just be subtle, and I know you will. :P

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

Photo Girl wrote:

OK - from an amateur's point of view: br 1. I feel... (show quote)

Well, I think this is very good critique and opinion and not amateurish at all. You are correct about that ripple, it cuts the photo into two halves and competes to be the subject. Actually, I did try and use the rule of thirds, but I may have not succeeded.

I want you to try something for me, close your weak eye and squint with your dominant eye, then look at the photo, what are the things your eye notices first while doing this?

The lighting is okay but may have too much contrast. The sky has a small area that is slightly overexposed. Creative? I certainly tried, so thanks. Yes, it does tell a story.

Detailed and concise critique, you wetted your feet nicely. :thumbup:

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

Graham Smith wrote:

If you have Photoshop

Hello Bmac, it has an oversharpened look to me, fine detail such as leaves and twigs are susceptible to this. You could try a very light application of USM and boost the saturation a touch to give the leaves a glow. If you have Photoshop the soft light filter would give a glow.

Graham

You caught me speeding Graham, definitely over sharpened on the download. Will tone it down in the final version. Thanks. :thumbup:

Bram boy Loc: Vancouver Island B.C. Canada

Bmac wrote:

Photographed in a park in Massachusetts. Cropped to a portrait orientation. Morning overcast lighting. Exposure compensation - 0.3.

ISO 400, 75mm, f/11, 1/125 of a second.

Thanks for any critique. 8-)

well I don't pick apart one little thing and say you should have done this or done that . it's like a fine wine , you eather like it or you don't . a wine snob
would say , it's a little two tannin or could use a little more time in the barrel
. Again to me it's eather good , ok, or bad , it takes what it is , to be what it is
or it wouldent be what it is in the first place if some of the parts were changed. I wouldent change anything . I like this pic . change one thing and I may not .And every part in here should be here it's a perfect picture IMO.