Holy Cow...I missed this all together! Thank you kindly for taking the time to critique this Ed! All great suggestions. I am going to save this for future reference, along with your edited version for comparison. I would have liked to have taken the shot at a different time, for sure! But we were travelling to many areas in a short time period :-(... I think I had my circular polarizer which probably helped...and yes I also probably forgot to turn of the I.S. sigh... ;-) I will be reading this over again later (have to go out). Thank you again for your input and informative critique. It is people like you and Bushido that really help us along! Much appreciated!
edgorm wrote:
All in all, Clicker this is a pretty good shot. There are some things that I would have done differently. Focus on your lens is a little soft. This is either the fact that it is a zoom lens or maybe the VR was on if it was on a tripod. I would have used a prime lens. I would have shot at f22 or f28. My point of focus would be the weeds on the right bank near the center of the shot. I would have composed or cropped, to eliminate the shallow water and foliage in the foreground. Midday and landscapes don't mix. A few hours earlier or later in the day will give you better light for this type of shot. Think of the advantages you have over the early landscape photographers like Adams. You don't have to compose your entire image upside down on an 8x10 piece of ground glass. You can shoot wide and crop later. Eventually, these things become second nature but are sometimes forgotten nonetheless. Did I just say nonetheless? Next thing you know I'll be saying notwithstanding. Pardon me, I digress. There I go again. As I said earlier, while there is room for improvement, always room for improvement, it is with perhaps some small changes a really good shot. If you don't mind, I took the liberty of making those changes. I cropped out the foreground, sharpened, added a little black and contrast and a touch of vibrance. Keep up the good work and look at my tag line. Practice, practice, practice. When you keep more than 15% of what you shoot, you're getting better. Papa's proud of you.
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