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This might be blasphemy to purists but I wonder how the last version (which I like the best) would look if it were flipped horizontally.
I love the muted tones – very appropriate for the scene. Lovely to look at. I think it would look great enlarged and hanging on a wall.
Personally with a crop this tight I would have tried to isolate the guy with the flags and keep out the musicians. But from your vantage point that likely wasn’t possible.
I really do like this shot. I’m drawn to images that tell a story and this certainly does. The swimmer looks exhausted – and I think the dripping water accentuates that. Contrast that with the steady hand offering help. Getting in close creates a sense of a bit of intimacy in the moment. I don’t think color would be as effective. Well done.
If I might add – what really caught my eye in this image are all the lines. Everything seems to converge towards that front wheel without the tire. And its perfect for B&W treatment. Well done.
Very nice shot – everything in the photo should be there and nothing else. You know immediately that there is interaction with the bee and the flower. Having the bee in one corner and the flower in the other creates a powerful dynamic.
I too started out photography in a darkroom and @aarongeis is right – half of the work of getting the image the way you want it after the shot is made and evaluated. Ansel Adams once said that the negative was the score but the print is the performance. It’s still true today whether the final print is on paper or shared with others via a screen.
I could be wrong but I don’t believe this is a composite – I’ve shot there and this is how I remember it – a wonderful place for catching morning light.
I like the tonality but when I looked at this I keep wanting to 1. Turn it to portrait mode and 2. Flip it so its flowing from left to right.
@amysharpdoesphotography I usually process in Photoshop and would use the Content Aware Fill feature to clean up the spot. In Lightroom the spot cloner might do the trick as well.
Color balance is way off on the scanning – the sky should be blue not cyan. Also the white object is a distraction.
Alot of people seem to be paranoid on putting copywright or watermarks on their photos. Do it so it’s not part of the image! Your name is so big I’m having a hard time telling what is the main subject of the photo š
So much better in B&W! A bit nit picky but I don’t like the white light on the top right of the little girls head.
The eye tends to go to colors that are “different”. In this case the leaf in the front is very different in coloring than the rest of the leaves/flowers so my eye goes right to that – and its blurred š I’d go for a simpler, close up shot of the flowers and leaves. This composition is a bit too complex for me.
Be nice if there was a bird flying off in the blown out area.
It’s much too contrasty for my tastes. I would have waited until the sun was just falling under the horizon to lessen the contrast. I’m ok with monotone but I’d like to see this as pure B&W.
Nicely done – ditto on the background flower perhaps camera position (position little to the left and rotate to the right) may have eliminated it. I like the curvature of the stem.
Well I do like experimentation so hats off there. I like the tone of the trees, would like to see more blue in the sky to counter it and would like to see more of the ground to give me a better sense of perspective.
The big bright dot bothers me a bit on this.
I know we’re supposed to critique but I have to say beautiful image. I think you were rewarded with early morning light – its magical there. The only thing I would do is kick up the contrast on the background just a bit to separate the tones a little. Delicately tho! With the tonal separation you have here I think it would really work in B&W as well. Congratulations on capturing a beautiful photo.
