Opinions on this Lake....

[Carterofmars]

I removed some of the top...



Also see attached for another variation.

[cyrus]

BTW are you using a lens shade?

[Carterofmars]

BTW are you using a lens shade?

No, I'm not.

I need filters and maybe a shade before my trip to Cape May next week. Going to the lighthouse and the beach to photo the sunset with my Graphic and Nikkor 210mm.

[sun of sand]

people are pretty familiar with that lake

Crop it to hill and sky and wait for those competing dark clouds to move out

[Ken Lee]

1) If this is a documentary image to show the lake or that section of real estate, the image has to convey the facts - but if it's a "fine art landscape", then we look for other qualities.

2) Sometimes we want to show it all, to our own detriment. What is the most beautiful portion of the image ? If the answer is anything other than than "Everything in the image is the most beautiful part of the image", then there's probably an opportunity for us to refine things further.

3) Is this a scan of a darkroom print, or a negative ? If the former, you could bring out more of the information in the clouds by burning them down. If the latter, then you could extend the dynamic range of your scanner so as not to clip the high values. (Less important if it's a documentary record, more important if it's a fine art piece).

Here's one of Ansel's renditions of clouds. He likes to show it all, but by that we mean all the tones, not necessarily all of the scene. He keeps things a bit abstract. That adds a dash of mystery.

[Tim k]

1 - You have to take pictures because you enjoy it. 2 - Stop worrying what other people think, unless you are shooting for a client... they will most likely trust your judgement anyway. 3 - Print and mount your pictures. With the Zillions of photos online.. they all turn to visual static. But to have a mounted print so you can hold it and show it that makes it unique to the beholder. 4 - And finally take pictures that you care about....

http://www.mikepic.com

This is very good advice IMHO.

[Leigh]

Looking for opinions. Thanks in advance...

I find the whole image rather disturbing.

The huge white cloud looks like smoke coming from a large forest fire on the far side of the mountain.

Might be better to wait for more distributed clouds.

Just one man's opinion, worth every cent you paid for it.

- Leigh