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I am always surprised to see how the perspective plays an optical illusion in some pictures.

THe portion of the image you are looking at is at least 200feet long and yet, looks to be much shorter from the POV.

I did use a Singh Ray Blue/Gold polarizer and a Singh Ray Circ polarizer coupled together to get the colors and the slower shutter speed.

Also did a final WB correction in Nikon Capture.

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I am always surprised to see how the perspective plays an optical illusion in some pictures.

THe portion of the image you are looking at is at least 200feet long and yet, looks to be much shorter from the POV.

I did use a Singh Ray Blue/Gold polarizer and a Singh Ray Circ polarizer coupled together to get the colors and the slower shutter speed.

Also did a final WB correction in Nikon Capture.



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For starters, it seriously is an amazing shot Yves, congrats for that.

On your point about perspective: it doesn't look that 'big' indeed, probably because of the height of the point from where you took the picture: because it's so low it loses some perspective. If the camera would've been up about 1 or 1,5 meters it would be a whole different kind of case, I think.

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Hi Yves,

I like the golden color very much. Very fine technique.

Personally, I'd also experiment with a slightly different composition. I'd try to concentrate on the golden part on the right, capturing it in the portrait format and cropping tighter to remove the upper part. The reason is that I (personally) feel that the water mass at the left hand side does not contribute much to this image. Also if we could remove the dead branches that would allow the viewers to concentrate on the subject (assuming the deadbranches are not the center of interest).

Cheers,
steve
 
Do you mean like this ... ?



I did shoot a few like this later after the initial one
Steve Tr said:
Hi Yves,

I like the golden color very much. Very fine technique.

Personally, I'd also experiment with a slightly different
composition. I'd try to concentrate on the golden part on the
right, capturing it in the portrait format and cropping tighter to
remove the upper part. The reason is that I (personally) feel that
the water mass at the left hand side does not contribute much to
this image. Also if we could remove the dead branches that would
allow the viewers to concentrate on the subject (assuming the
deadbranches are not the center of interest).

Cheers,
steve
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Yes, I meant to use the portrait format. Thanks for showing the sample.

I also wish there is only one center of interest: the cascading water with the wonderful golden color.

Also I would try to make this 200-foot portion appear longer and crop such that the viewer has the illusion that this could continue (and wonder what the end would be since it's hidden). :-)

Of course there are many interpretation of a scene and your landscape image is just fine and maybe a little bit more relaxing to view than a vertical crop.

Cheers,
steve
 
..for providing a good laugh. I've just looked at Vincent's picture again, and it's the mischievious look about you that makes me smile again.

Here ya go..



haha, excellent.

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after I looked at the photo for awhile, I really started to like the broad band of white water. I think it makes the photo, although I am generally tired of white foamy water in streams and such.

The equivalent of a 120mm lens compresses the image. I don't think it is a bad thing in this photo. I think it looks less of a snapshot this way, and better art.

Great photo all around.
 
I like the shot as is.

I would think the "crushed" perspective is due to the long (crop factor apx=105mm w/70mm?) focal length. Watch the TV during baseball games, and see how when the shot is behind the pitcher, how close the batter looks. Same thing with our cameras. If you could, go back and try a shorter lens.
Anyway I still like that shot.

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The brave ones were shooting the enemy, the crazy ones were shooting film. -Anonymous
 
Hi Yves,

I found you used a lot of color mode I (sRGB) rather than the AdobeRGB mdoe. Could you tell the differnce and why?

Thanks
James
 
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