What did you compose at Waters Edge?

[jp]

I love the dark tones on the foreground rocks. I get excited about that sort of thing.

[Corran]

I was initially a little worried about the exposure in the shadows but I do like the deep tones there as well. The rocks here often are very flat tone-wise and some wetness and reflections helps a lot to make the tones a bit more vibrant.

[Corran]

Here's the other composition I made in the creek. Will have to decide which to print.

[jp]

I was initially a little worried about the exposure in the shadows but I do like the deep tones there as well. The rocks here often are very flat tone-wise and some wetness and reflections helps a lot to make the tones a bit more vibrant.

In terms of B&W photography, I treat rocks about like human skin. We have a lot of lighter rocks and pale people here. Filters work the same way on rock as they do faces. We have things in our skin that disappear with yellow/orange filtering. Rocks have speckles and texture that works the same way. Light quality makes all the difference too in terms of texture, mood, etc.. Subdued light is OK if you're going with it rather than fighting it.

[Pat Kearns]

Bryan,
I, like JP find the brooding foreground rocks and rushing water more intriguing in your falls photo in post# 5604. Thanks for letting me crop your image. This pulls my eye straight into the photo.
Pat

[paulbarden]

Beautiful

Thank you Holden :-)

[Corran]

Thanks Pat for your thoughts on cropping.

[jp]

Bryan,
I, like JP find the brooding foreground rocks and rushing water more intriguing in your falls photo in post# 5604. Thanks for letting me crop your image. This pulls my eye straight into the photo.
Pat

This is good. Essentially the original is abstract on the bottom and woods/waterfall on the top; two photos.

[Corran]

In the interest of continuing the conversation, I personally like the foreground->background relationship between the flowing water/rocks and the waterfall/trees, which is what I was trying to emphasize. The strands of the waterfall echo the water flowing through the rocks on the bottom loosely. Just the foreground crop to me loses a bit of interest, not to mention the nice light filtering through the trees onto the falls in this early morning is nice.

[jp]

Your original photo is good Bryan, and I'm sure you were intentional. I just think the crop is also good.