Misty Dawn - Critique away!

[runnah]

"Misty Dawn" sounds like a stripper, but hey I suck at titles.


Boathousedawana by runnah555, on Flickr

 

[tirediron]

Very nice.

 

[runnah]

Thanks. Did I go overboard with the color?

 

[limr32 1]

I love how...delicate it all is - the light, the tendrils of mist, the bare trees and the reeds.

Tiny tiny tiny little niggle - I'd crop a sliver off the right just to get rid of the fraction of branch that makes it into the frame at the top. Crop or clone. It's small enough that it doesn't need to be there, and it interrupts the end of that lovely band of light that is leading the eye up and to the right.

 

[ronlane]

Thanks. Did I go overboard with the color?

No, I don't think that you did. Very nice. It's got that sepia tone feel to it.

 

[PixelRabbit]

I love how...delicate it all is - the light, the tendrils of mist, the bare trees and the reeds.

Tiny tiny tiny little niggle - I'd crop a sliver off the right just to get rid of the fraction of branch that makes it into the frame at the top. Crop or clone. It's small enough that it doesn't need to be there, and it interrupts the end of that lovely band of light that is leading the eye up and to the right.

This, I quite like this! Nice one!
One more tiny niggle, it's a little crooked tipping to the left, I grabbed it and straightened it to the bottom on the boathouse and it gets it there nicely

 

[runnah]

How about this version with minor edits.


Boathousedawanb by runnah555, on Flickr

 

[runnah]

And one a bit wider


Boathousedawn3 by runnah555, on Flickr

 

[batmura]

Number one for me. Gret shot. Is that fog over the water? How long was the expo?

 

[limr32 1]

I think I prefer the wider one, actually. The closer one is great - nice and cozy. The wider one, though, feels like it's opening up and hinting at something bigger, and that's intriguing.

Lovely work.

 

[runnah]

Thanks folks. limr I feel the same way about the feels of the two shots.

batmura, both these where handheld so nothing below 1/125

 

[batmura]

Killer shots! Can't stop looking.

 

[kathyt]

I like it runnah. The color is very comforting. I like the word niggle. I am going to use that all day long. Thanks limr.

 

[Derrel]

I really,really LOVE the reflection of the boathouse in the wider shot...that adds a huge amount of realism to the otherwise dark side of the boathouse. It's a wonderful location and time of the year. Even though it might cost you resolution, I'd be tempted to crop down the wide shot, to something like the B version above.

 

[runnah]

I really,really LOVE the reflection of the boathouse in the wider shot...that adds a huge amount of realism to the otherwise dark side of the boathouse. It's a wonderful location and time of the year. Even though it might cost you resolution, I'd be tempted to crop down the wide shot, to something like the B version above.

I agree, I tired it but it KILLED the image quality. Really feeling my camera's limits today.