reflection

[usiddiqi]

http://www.umarsiddiqi.com/albums/Professional/reflection.sized.jpg

[Sendide]

I like the idea of seeing more in the reflected part thant the main one
nice shot
regards
Khalid

[usiddiqi]

thanks khalid... yes that was the idea.

[usiddiqi]

i was hoping to see some more feedback on this one.

[shniks]

This is quite a good shot, but I think I would prefer it straight, the angle works in some photos but doesn't really work here. Have you got a straightened version?

[usiddiqi]

thats a very nice suggestion... i will try rotating it and see how it looks. thanks a lot.

[jojo77]

cool concept but there is too much going on in it. no focal point

[usiddiqi]

err... jojo could you explain what do you mean by that? i am kind of new so still learning the concepts.

[c0ntr0lz]

sooo you want more feedback

it'd be an awesome shot if it wasn't angled, colors are nice, it's sharp.

so there is my 2 cent to you :D

where was this taken?

[manncer]

:shock: :?

Yeah, JoJo explain it.... :?

manncer

[tofuboy]

I would have liked to see the bird moved down a bit (half to one bird height?), this would put the bird at 'rule of thirds' position and catch the viewers attention faster. Being up in the corner there makes it harder to focus on the subject in the surroundings.

As mentioned though, great colors and sharpness... I wish my photos could turn out like that ^^;;

My $.02

[usiddiqi]

thanks a lot guys... i shot this one at choke creek state park which is near san antonio, texas.

[SnJPhoto]

If you have room on the original, try to take some of the angle out and place the birds at approximately the top right and bottom right interesections of the grid (rule of thirds grid). Don't put them exactly in those places, just closer. That to me would be a very pleasing shot. This seems like one of those shots that would be acceptable to violate the rule regarding having a live divide the image in half (line formed by plants in the water).

Just my 2 bits worth.

Scott

[usiddiqi]

thanks scott... the reason i placed the bird on the top right corner was that i wanted to put emphasis on the reflected part... however i did not notice the angle at first... i will try rotating the canvas... thanks a lot for ur suggestions.

[Sailor Don]

My preference would be to straighten the photo and frame it in a landscape aspect ratio.

After rotating, there wasn't enough image to make a landscape presentation. This is just to present the concept.
http://users3.ev1.net/~sailord/reflection2.jpg