Should I lose the sky?

12345Michael54321 wrote:
I was going to head down to Great Falls Park yesterday and get some snow shots, but work got in the way.

FWIW, here are a couple of pictures I took there in late 2004. Although the first one has its flaws, I like it for the tiny kayaker, visible toward the bottom of the image, and just right of center. The second one I just like, period.

http://www.time4email.​com/1316-1324b-800.jpg
http://www.time4email.​com/1487-1491-800.jpg

I'm also hoping to get to Rocks State Park later this week, and do some waterfall pictures there.

Your images have more faithful color balance.

I like this picture and I like your compostion in the original. And I really prefer the black and white.

But why did you do with with 12 shots? Don't get me wrong, your stitching skills are impressive...but if you're printing this 10x20, you could have easily done that with one cropped shot.

How on earth did you get those shots stitched up so perfectly? What program were you using. I would just make the sky a bit brighter, and a deeper blue, and it would be better.

Pleeeeeeezzzze keep the sky. Even if you have to replace it with a bluer sky with clouds!! (Or just correct the color balance.) You need depth and perspective in your landscape and nothing gives it like a horizon, even if it's just a little one!

Man, I can just about hear the water going over those rocks!

i like the uncropped and B&W edit (with sky). nice shot though, very pretty