I gave this picture a five and it looks like a lot of other people did too. I guess this is an example of a "not Quite" picture.
This is what I like: I like the water. I like the way you have exposed it to look so realistic. If the shutter speed had been faster it would have looked too stop motion and not given the impression of force and power that it does. There s some nice stoped motion in some of the sprays but not too much. If you had used a slower shuter speed, the water would have been blurred and lokked softer and you would have completely lost the senstion of power. I like the colors, I like the way it is almost a monochrome but it is a color photograph. I like the power of the water but I feel the power more in the upper background of the shot than in the middle. The focus is very nice. So all the camera work type elements of the picture are well done.
This is what I don't like. I can't get a handle on the scale here. Is that a branch and some rocks or is that a tree and some boulders. If it is a big log then there is more water force here than you show. Something that gives a clue to the scale would help. Like a tree or a little plant, a leaf?
The composition seems off to me too, One commenter mentioned that, There aren't any of the traditional textbook elements of design. No rule of thirds, no leading lines. There is not a pattern that leads my eyes, as the view, from one element to the next and back. There is the diagonal flow that takes me from the top left down and out of the picture, but nothing to bring me back. Actually I have several times just now tried to scroll up past the top of the picture. Something is missing and I guess I like the water at the top where it makes that wonderful dip better than the water at the forground. Does that log add anything to the image? It stands above the water so it is the only still thing in the picture and contrasts with the moving water. I wonder if the movement of the water would be better portrayed without the log.
Technicaly this is a nice photo but it needs something more to make it a dramatic one.
Rmemeber this is just one opinion form one amateur. |
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