Critique Please... Which one and why? Thanks!

12 years 3 months ago - 12 years 3 months ago #194792 by Karl Wertanen
These 3 are for the most part similar... 2 are more similar than 3. Please give an honest critique.

I'm having the most trouble picking the best composition. If you had to pick one which would it be?
Thanks! :)

I can already tell I used too much Grad ND on these. They look slightly muddy on the top.





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12 years 3 months ago - 12 years 3 months ago #194799 by scifitographer
#2. I love the rocks in the foreground and the little leaf. The sky looks really warm, but since there isn't much detail and the color matches the leaves and water it works well.

The sky in #1 looks too warm and isn't interesting enough to take space from the waterfall.
There's a little too much foreground in #3 but the foreground isn't as interesting as the foreground in #2.


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12 years 3 months ago #194800 by john_m
#2 for me as well for reasons already stated. The only thing that bothers me, and I dont know why, is that single leaf floating at the bottom of the frame..Very well done though!!

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12 years 3 months ago #194801 by Baydream

scifitographer wrote: #2. I love the rocks in the foreground and the little leaf. The sky looks really warm, but since there isn't much detail and the color matches the leaves and water it works well.

The sky in #1 looks too warm and isn't interesting enough to take space from the waterfall.
There's a little too much foreground in #3 but the foreground isn't as interesting as the foreground in #2.

:agree:
As I as first going through them, my thoughts were the same as yours. Great minds..... eh?

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12 years 3 months ago #194804 by scifitographer

Baydream wrote:

scifitographer wrote: #2. I love the rocks in the foreground and the little leaf. The sky looks really warm, but since there isn't much detail and the color matches the leaves and water it works well.

The sky in #1 looks too warm and isn't interesting enough to take space from the waterfall.
There's a little too much foreground in #3 but the foreground isn't as interesting as the foreground in #2.

:agree:
As I as first going through them, my thoughts were the same as yours. Great minds..... eh?

I know what they say about great minds, so I must have gotten the memo by accident. I'll try not to let it happen again.


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12 years 3 months ago #194807 by Shanna-Marie
I love the 2nd one, Beautiful!!:)

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12 years 3 months ago #194809 by Darrell
# 2 for sure

#1 sky is an issue

# 3 to much fore ground...

cool shots....

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12 years 3 months ago #194832 by Scotty
Number 2. You said you used too much ND? I think you needed more.

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12 years 3 months ago #194834 by Dori
:agree:

#2 for me. The focus is on the waterfall. Altho I do find the leaf distracting. Maybe clone it out and re post?

#1 I find the trees/crop distracting

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12 years 3 months ago #194838 by KCook
#1 would be on my wall. A "landscape" with the sky cut off is kinda weird. Though #3 could produce some neat closeup crops.

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12 years 3 months ago #194844 by chasrich
I love the contrast between the sharpness of the rock (foreground of #1 and #2) and the smooth softness of the water... #2 shows me a little of the rivers power so I would pick it.

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12 years 3 months ago #194859 by John Landolfi
Tricky ones:) I find the composition in #1 better, but the overexposed sky on the lest and strong receding line of the ledges distracts from the waterfall. That might be improved my some burning/dodging/slight vignetting. I like the feel and color of the water best in #3, but the composition leads the eye away too much. The leaf and the overexposed water bother me in #2.:)


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12 years 3 months ago #194874 by icepics
Actually I think #1 looks best overall with some blue sky and clouds that doesn't show in the next two. Those seem too bright, at least the trees and that upper left corner of the image.

If it was B&W film in a darkroom I'd try burning in that corner - actually probably burn that entire top part of the photo to darken it a bit. Not sure with color film what else would work after the fact. Maybe the trouble is that the sky and trees are in bright sunlight and the water and rocks are in the shade. I have never tried ND so don't know how that would work with a scene that's half sun/half shade.

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12 years 3 months ago #194905 by crystal
Overall I like all 3 because of the waterfall. However the sky kills it on all three. #1 works a little bit better for me, only because there is a little bit of blue in the sky. I choose #2 if you crop out the over exposed sky. Come in from the left side and crop out the width of the sky.
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