Re: What would you change in this photo?

MisterMax <SeeBottomOfWebPage@xxxxxxxxx/max> wrote:

Minimizing the background mountains by shooting from lower down is a
good suggestion.

Yeah. Others have said that, and I wish I had done. I plan on returning
there in a few months for Winter shots, and will try it then.


The photo is too evenly divided in half by the waterline. It would be
better with more lake at the bottom.

The original shot had he divider at the far shore line. I cropped to
move it where you see it now, giving less sky. I can kinda see where it
now looks too evenly divded at the waterline of the tufo. Not really
sure what to do there, other than change perspective next time and see
if that helps.


The left edge of the tufo tapers down to a nicely relaxed end. The
right edge would be better if it wasn't just chopped off at a
substantial height.

I have another version that avoids that right-side crop. Unfortunately,
it then has another tufo just behind this one that mars the image. I
decided it was better to crop there than introduce part of another one.
Short of getting in a boat, there was no angle to avoid both problems.


The colors are pretty dull. I would brighten them, possibly add red,
possibly increase contrast.

hmmm... I'll have to play with that and see. They are pretty close to
what was shot (using white card in prior shot to give balance). I did
tweak the 'clarity' a tad in LightRoom, which I did feel helped a bit.

I'll play with the color some, and see if more red would help.


Hope these suggestions help your future photos.

Absolutely, and thanks!

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