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CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins
edited October 12, 2018 in Landscapes

I took these while hiking with my wife earlier this week. Criticism is always welcome.

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    black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,321 Major grins

    Very nice work. I particularly like #3.

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    CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins

    Many thanks. :)

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    denisegoldbergdenisegoldberg Administrators Posts: 14,236 moderator
    edited October 13, 2018

    3 is my favorite too!

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    CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins

    Thanks, Denise. I'm surprised that y'all like that one but I'm always the worst judge of my own photos. :)

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    David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,179 moderator
    edited October 13, 2018

    3 for the win (abundance), and the green plants in the middle help the composition greatly. 2 is the runner up (simple direction of flow). While the first is a very tranquil scene, the water flows out the bottom in somewhat general way and towards the viewer. I tend to like seeing water flowing somewhere from L to R corners to lower opposite corners. But that's just me, perhaps.

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    RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,908 moderator

    +1 on #3 :+1:

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    CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins

    David, Richard, thanks. That's helpful.

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    StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins

    Great work Don! Love it!

    I looked at 3 half dozen times based on love it got above.......not seeing it....
    To me it is squeezed with horizontal lines both up and below......and bunch of distracting element on left, bottom and right edges.....and water doesn't have that pristine shine that others do....bit greyish muddy....you might want to brush it over with desaturation+highlight brush.....

    Other 2 are wall hangers....pure art!

    Cheers!

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    CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins

    I appreciate the comments, Taz. It would be a dull world if we all had the same tastes!

    The water was more turbid in the third shot. I'm not sure why. I'll give some consideration to revising that one.

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    dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins

    Very nice

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    JuanoJuano Registered Users Posts: 4,881 Major grins

    Ok, I prefer #1 although I would like to see more contrast.

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    CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2018

    Dan, Thanks. Cristobal, I increased the contrast a little in response to your suggestion and liked it better.

    I also reworked the third one with Taz's comments in mind. Critiques definitely help.

    (PS: I haven't substituted the revised versions here.)

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