[EnglishBob]

Improve it..... I know the horizontal cable needs to come out.

[Irma]

That is very difficult Bob.. :/ However I would go for a crop: sky or reflection, and just because of the rule of third.








Sorry Bob, probably I am not much of a help here. I really like it as it is :|

Irma.

[shuttertalk]

I really like it as it is too, Craig! It's an awesome reflection...

[jericho]

Here is my rendition. Smaller crop to add strength to the foreground, and fall colors to enhance the glow.

[Irma]

I like very much the crop you did here Jerry. And the colors really work well.

[EnglishBob]

Thanks for the comments and opinions, this was the last in a 4 picture series.... filmed over a 15 mile drive.

[Irma]

They are very nice Bob. I also like the second one, with a little working in the color is just great. The last one is a beauty.

[Toad]

Craig:

Pretty nice stuff. With reflections of geometric shapes, my personal preference is to move towards the abstract and away from the naturalistic approach. I know this isn't everyone's tastes, but when you are dealing with forms that are in conflict with nature like this dam, a less "natural" approach seems saddly appropriate.



I went for a more dead center composition, faintly simplified the photo, saturated and then selected the reflected part of the photo and equalized the 2 parts using curves. This gives the 2 halves more equal solidity.

I don't think it is much better or different - but is an alternate approach.

[EnglishBob]

I like the results Toad.

As for the dam in the middle of nature, I am sure that this was a beautiful valley before that thing was thrown across it.. It is pine flats dam, near fresno, California.

[rikbrandt]

Here's a little softening of the reflections in the water...