I'll be in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan by Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in early October. That area is capable of stunning fall color if the conditions are right.
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Sorry, I should have said, "wrong for me". There, that's subjective. I have always had a "personal" problem with any painting or photograph that contains elements that strongly draw my eyes away from the main subject. In this case, I was having a hard time enjoying the most beautiful parts of the image because my eyes kept being pulled down and to the left. I appreciate the photo as is, but the poster asked for comments. I gave him one.
By the way, every comment on this forum is subjective. Everyone sees differently, too. It's the nature of the beast.
Many thanks to those of you who commented on my Rock Creek image.
A polarizer would have been a help if I had one at the time. Jim, I do see your point about the light area, and I appreciate the comment. I'd love to go back there to see if I could work this out differently, but the chances are remote that the color and water level would be close to what they were. I might try to bring down that bright area in my master file to see if I can balance things out more.
--P
The one gadget I religiously leave out of my kit is a polarizer. Indulge in the reflections and high key areas, Preston!
Attachment 101399 81 st. Chicago 8x10 Fujichrome RDP11 210mm SS XL
Steve,
Curious how the tab is at the bottom left when it is usually at the top right?
Nice Image. I believe, and pardon any imposition, that I would have preferred a bit more front rise to straighten the buildings further in the distant left.
Regards,
PDM
Great foreground and love the blue building far in the distance, a great detail.
I think you put your film holder in from the left pdmoylan, if you put it in from the right it is in the lower left corner of the image(top right in real life.)
Interesting shot.
I would have much preferred a pan left, to include the entire coast line and more of the building.
As it is, it looks empty on the right and artificially cropped on the left, very unbalanced.
If the foreground rocks were important, moving the tripod to the right would have kept them in the shot.
Just one man's opinion. Neat.
- Leigh
Hello and many thanks for the constructive feedback and I agree that this image suffers from bad framing ... I happened to be struggling with the light going in and out that morning and it seemed to distract me somewhat and the wind gusts can be frightning at times.