Detract or Add?

[Meerkat17]

Does the water drops on the lense detract or add to the drama of this shot? Your thoughts please...

It was a very windy day and the river/fall was in spate - even though it wasn't raining at the time there was still a lot of water in the air and impossible to get a shot without gettimg spots of water on the lense.

http://www.btinternet.com/~David.Lewins/g5/images/h_force0033_bw.jpg

Regards
David

[GPR1]

If it felt like you were closer, in amongst the mist, the water drops might add. But it doesn't feel like you're in the mist, so the drops are incongruous. It also bothers me a bit that they're hexagonal because of the appeture blades, rather than round. I love the picture behind the drops, though.

Greg

[nomel]

I agree.

[JZaun]

I like the waterfall but not the drops on the lens..Only way to evercome is telephoto :D

JZaun

[Mark Kemp]

I agree too,

I don't think the drops on the lens work for me, maybe if they were round as suggested it might help (a bit of softening maybe)

Also maybe if the image behind had more contrast, it seems a bit too misty for my taste.

[roanjohn]

Detract.........

sowy.

Ro1

[Radtech1]

David,

I have the highes respect for your work, but with this one, I must join the peanut gallery. They detract, for the reasons given = needs to be round. Let me emphasize that thier presence does not, for me, detract. I like the "looking through to see" feel that they give. I just find the shape disagreeable.

Rad

[Meerkat17]

Thanks to all of you for your comments - I wasn't sure and the reason I wasn't is quite simple - you had to be there to understand the picture. Which means its a "personal picture" to the one who took it and was caught-up in all the drama of the moment.

Had it been a sheet of glass I was shooting through and the drops had been visible it would have conveyed the image much better.

Well I'll consign that one to a folder marked personal and will go back at some stage and re-take the shot!

Thanks again
Regards
David

[PhotosGuy]

Since you're going to reshoot it I'll throw my 2 cents worth too.
Why not put a filter on the lens first? Set up the shot & remove the filter just before you shoot? Much better for the lens to keep the water away from the edges where it may be sucked inside. Might not hurt to keep a baggie over the cam, too. Put it on from the back & tape it to the lens hood.

[Meerkat17]

Its OK Frank, The camera was well sealed in a plastic bag and there was a UV filter over the lens. :idea: Perhaps I should have used a star filter and turned the drops into little star bursts! Now wouldn't that have been nice! :roll: :lol:

Cheers
David

[PhotosGuy]

Whatever works for you!
:)