*Hello from Sid and the Critique Club*
A very well executed landscape of considerable appeal.
This is a joy to view, such a glorious landscape. With the wide angle end of your lens you have chosen a middle of the range aperture that has fulfilled your need for a large depth of field by careful choice of your focus point about a third of the way in. The quality that has resulted tells, you have sharpness right into the foreground corner and acceptable sharpness in the distant mountain. Your slow shutter speed has enabled you to convey just the right amount of movement in the water to make us really feel as though we are there in the midst of it.
The only minor criticism is the blown highlights around the sun but that is inevitable without HDR which, in my opinion, rarely gives such pleasing results as we have here. What I am very surprised about is that it didn't score higher, you have two tens, and that you received no comments during the challenge, disappointing but your image remains in all its strength.
Another very pleasurable image Otto, thanks, Sid |