River Exe on a moody day

It wasn't a great day, threatening rain, cold and grey so I thought I would go out and take some pictures - as you do !

I think this is the best one - so what d'you think ?

Hey Meercat, A fellow tog from Exeter Nice shot there, I'm affraid something doesnt sit quite right with me, not too sure what it is. possiblly looking for a bit more grime to the shot.

I like the mood and the colours.

What doesn't sit well with me is the left hand side - too much canal edge and the trees add nothing (IMO) - but the bollard is well placed as an object of interest, while badly placed in that it makes it very difficult to crop anything from the left. A compositional conundrum.

I think it's missing a human element of some sort, a couple wandering down the canal side or a narrow boat tied up or something.

Hi, Thanks for your input, Great comments, definitely needs something on the canal edge, It can't be a boat at the moment as the canals water level is as a meter lower than normal due to flood prevention work.
I did put it through the HDR process, Only with -1 and +1 to keep it at a low level (not really a fan of hdr) so moving objects could be difficult.

Hey urbanfreestyle, so there are other photographers in Exeter, I was beginning to feel like an outcast on here.

Nah, you're not alone, Never know i may bump into you one day!! I'm easy to spot... i'm the guy with the red / blue mohawk holding a camera...

urbanfreestyle wrote in post #17491573
Nah, you're not alone, Never know i may bump into you one day!! I'm easy to spot... i'm the guy with the red / blue mohawk holding a camera...

. . . beats a red carnation in the lapel any day!

I thought the exact same thing when I looked at it.

I love the moody feel to it, have you tried it in B&W?

Great shot to walk away with on such a grey day.. The main subject is the buildings and reflections in the water., and the grey gloomy day
However my eye keeps getting pulled to the foreground anchor for boat to tie up to. I might of tried an edit with it removed.

Also a graduated filter to darken the bottom to close the image. It will put all of the attention to the middle of frame where building's and reflections are.
Also a brush to lightly darken payment on left.

Does this give a better vibe.

Or B&W

Yes that's a lot more appealing!

Nice use of HDR. I like the first edit the most.

Both edits are great in my opinion. Nice job!

Thanks for sharing.