early autumn pond

[bs0604]

this is a pond outside of Blacksburg, VA


R pond 2.1 reduced by bs0604, on Flickr

 

[Rick58]

Wow. I'd have a hard time picking this one apart. Beautiful

 

[otto0713]

Great shot !

 

[FanBoy]

Nice shot, but for an (early) autumn landscape I'd give more saturation and contrast to make it pop.

 

[Rick58]

Nice shot, but for an (early) autumn landscape I'd give more saturation and contrast to make it pop.

I don't know, I like the calming affect of the subtle colors

 

[HughGuessWho]

Very nice. I certainly don't think it needs any more saturation, IMO. I like it a lot.

I cropped the original a bit to do a few things;

Get the horizon off of dead center.
Bring more focus to that amazing shy.
Bring more focus on that awsome wooden bridge that almost lost in the original post.

Thoughts?

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[bs0604]

Thanks for the compliments. I was concerned about the horizon in the dead center. I also don't especially like the large amount of foreground water--seems a little boring. I tried a 50w x 20height in photoshop which got rid of the empty water foreground, but I didn't now how y'all would take to this type of cropping

 

[HughGuessWho]

Thanks for the compliments. I was concerned about the horizon in the dead center. I also don't especially like the large amount of foreground water--seems a little boring. I tried a 50w x 20height in photoshop which got rid of the empty water foreground, but I didn't now how y'all would take to this type of cropping

It's your picture... crop it however you want it. However, I tend to crop to a standard size or ratio. 1:1, 2:3, 4:3, 4:5, 5:7... makes it easier if you decide to print it.

 

[fasensio]

beautiful place, a very accurate picture of a beautiful place.
salut

 

[panblue]

bs0604 nice image!

 

[Yemme]

Beautiful!