My Best Shot Ever

[JosephH]

Looks nice and I was stuck with that angle as my feet were actually in the water. Normally that fall is 20 feet down the river just so high up

 

[zulu42]

I like the original shot, and the very nice edit by @bulldurham. Nice shooting!

BTW if anybody wants to seem some very impressive scale modeling work, check out the OP's signature link!

 

[JosephH]

Thanks But I think some the images arent working as there was some weird thing happen. I will probably change it over to Photography site but I dont know squat about web design or anything. Last time I tried word press and people were getting all kinds of attack errors thats when my site got all screwed up. The last movie Modeling I did was the full scale mini sub for transformers 5 and before that the full scale B-24 for the movie Unbroken

BTW what does the OP mean next to my name? 'Onery Person lol if so that fits me

 

[RickyMidnight]

That dragon head
Is cool

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[JonFZ300]

It means Original Poster or Original Post I think

 

[JosephH]

kk ty

 

[D7K]

I like the shot, I think I’d have edited differently because of personal taste and to be honest maybe trim not crop, just a touch. I’m a sucker for closing in images like this with a vignette just to hold the eye and not to let it wander out of the frame. All in all, you know the story you wanted to tell, the fallen log, the concrete of industry and turbulence of the water all speak of change to me..


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[JosephH]

and don't forget transformation for violence of the water transformed into a docile beautiful flow of Ice

 

[JosephH]

Thanks Susan I had been taking all the critiques and tips from the guys and took my time setting it up and shot it. I had both feet in the river just to get a good angle on it. This summer when the river is down to normal I want to go back and shoot that same corner. but with all the rain in recent years the river bed hasn't been showing like it normally does as I can usually get about 10 feet into the river and still be dry

 

[Tropicalmemories]

Very nice image - but your best shot may be your next one.

 

[JosephH]

so true i guess shoulda made it so far lol

 

[SquarePeg]

Very nice, eventually you will get used to the new camera, and which angles you like to shoot from and you will get less throw aways and more keepers. Looks like your off to a good start.

I like the red flood gate in the series on your flickr page too.

I think it’s the opposite, at least it is for me. The more experienced I get the pickier I become and the fewer “keepers” I have. The more you know the more flaws you see. I’ve becone pretty brutal about deleting stuff that’s less than what I wanted. The only exceptions are family and vacation photos as those are taken more for the memories. The ones I take just for me, I don’t keep as many as I used to.

 

[JTPhotography]

Things I like. The shot is crisp, the exposure is good and conveys the icy mood, I also like the tone and mood and texture.

Critiques. Absolutely agree it is too busy. My eye instantly goes all over the image trying to figure out what’s is going on. Cropping wouldn’t really help that.

If I was trying to capture an artistic image from this scene I would maybe consider isolating one particular element and use a longer exposure with some water blur. I would also think black and white with higher contrast.

 

[JosephH]

Thanks and I am not a fan of blurring water. it ruins it in my opinion. there are instances where a light blur would look good, however it would ruin this image as the violence of the water is what makes the image.

I have talked this over with several people about what is so busy about the photo and how to adjust it and most agree you cannot change anything without ruining the photo. at most a light crop across the top.

I guess thats art for you its just a matter of personal taste. but thanks for your critique it matches several others on the busy however there is no other way around the image than busy its nature and that view is nature at its most violent beauty

 

[JosephH]

One thing funny is you see images of woods etc with hundreds of trees in it and no real depth of field and some of the same people say that isnt busy. so how do you justify one as busy and another not? now to me they are busy as everything is in focus no real depth of field and if they shot one tree in sharp focus and the others slightly blurred then it would be a totally different image and not as busy