#73 Rushing Water

billseye

Here's a couple of thoughts for Challenge #73...

I'd appreciate feedback on the two versions, especially related to preferences for the shutter speed difference and softness of the water.

Does the subject work for Rush?

Does one convey the theme better than the other?


Water in a Hurry #1


Water in a Hurry #2

rbustraen

I'm tossed... I really don't know what one I like better as I really like them both. I favor the second one a bit more because of the detail in the water, but I also like the flowing milky effect on the first one and I really don't know if I like the green of the grass, I find it a tad distracting and takes my eyes away from the water. Maybe I'm just jealous as there is still two or three feet of snow on the ground here...

Froch

hi bill,
i'm with rbustraen, regarding being undecided about the flow. but I wanted to ask what the inclusion of the grass adds to the image? Visually it does add another diagonal layer, but I feel I have to 'look over it' to get to the prize...

billseye

rbustraen wrote: »

I really don't know if I like the green of the grass, I find it a tad distracting and takes my eyes away from the water.

Froch wrote: »

hi bill,
i'm with rbustraen, regarding being undecided about the flow. but I wanted to ask what the inclusion of the grass adds to the image? Visually it does add another diagonal layer, but I feel I have to 'look over it' to get to the prize...

Yeah, I'm with you both about the grass. Not sure I can crop it out in a manner that saves the whole, though. I've got a couple of alternatives. Perhaps the best one will be to scrap it an RUSH on to a different plan.

Here's a crop attempt and a desaturated version. I'm really thinking this is a shot with some local interest (a dam that signals the end to drought with an overspill about once a decade) that isn't worth a lot more pp effort. But, I'm open to ideas from either of you (or anyone else out there).

Desaturated version


Cropped Version

lkbart

I like both, but for different reasons. The first seems so calm, but the calmness doesn't really say "rush" to me like the second one with more detail in the water. And I like the crop - the grass really didn't bother me, but the cropped shot does seem to have a stronger composition.

sunflowerstudio

I also think I like #2, because #1 seems like a more conventional waterfall shot.

I hadn't thought through the idea of "rush", but I also agree that the stop action shutter feels a bit more like "rush" to me than the fuzziness of the slow shutter.

sweetharmony

Just my two cents, but I like the grass...it anchors the image for me....especially in the very first image because it gives a great textural contrast to the water......

travelways

I like the last "Cropped Version" for the composition and colors.

Yaflyyadie

I will go with the #2 cropped version.
My eyes were forced straight to the rushing water as there are no distractions @ the foreground.
Just my thoughts.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

konomaniac

Personally, I like the crop, but would rather see it with #1 - I think the slower shutter speed gives the best effect for the theme.

dnie

I like the original #2. I like the grass in it. But even in the cropped version, this version gives me the feel of RUSH more. You can see the roughness of the water.
The first one feels so smooth it is almost calming and that doesn't say rush to me as well.