Is it possible to make a bleak landscape pop..?

OpenC wrote in post #6031957
Heh.. if I had some spare cash, I'd print it, mount it, frame it and send it to you for the compliment

Keep me in mind when you're writing your will..

My edits:

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Honestly I love the look and "mood" of the original photo, all other edits seem a bit overdone.

Amamba wrote in post #6037626
Honestly I love the look and "mood" of the original photo

I second this!

I find the first shot to be VERY beautiful as presented, and if it were mine, I would be in the process of framing it.

I THINK it was here, might not have been, but a good piece of advice I once got was: "You don't fix it till it sucks."

Rad

Radtech1 wrote in post #6037782
I second this!

I find the first shot to be VERY beautiful as presented, and if it were mine, I would be in the process of framing it.

I THINK it was here, might not have been, but a good piece of advice I once got was: "You don't fix it till it sucks."

Rad

My sentiments exactly. I thought the original was great

Radtech1 wrote in post #6037782
if it were mine, I would be in the process of framing it.

I am, as it happens. I don't print very many of my own, but this is definitely going to find some wall space. It makes the four hour walk it took to get this shot much more worthwhile.

Thank you for all the comments. I'm pleased it's not just me that can exist, every once in a while, without a bit of pop

Well, I have one idea I haven't seen here yet, and that is an alternate crop. The foreground isn't really that interesting - it's the landscape beyond, and the sky that draws me.

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That was actually how I had it cropped originally. I know what you mean about the foreground being fairly dull, but I thought the image as a whole looked much less grand, for some reason, cropped that way... almost as if it had just been taken from the window of a train or a bar. I think with the continued barren foreground extending toward you, it makes the whole thing feel much more empty and moody.

Would be interested to hear what others think, though

Incidentally, this image won The Guardian's travel photograph of the week this week (this URL will probably only direct to the right place for the next day or two). I've just taken delivery of my Rough Guide to the Lake District as a prize - the first time I've ever got any kind of reward or remuneration for a picture

I really like this image and all of the edits. I also liked the recent submission in another thread of a landscape which had hills, sky, lake, and a reflection; but it was received poorly a/c it had no subject. How can I determine when a landscape doesn't have a subject Can someone tell me if this image has a subject and where to find it and how to look for it?:o I am absolutely clueless.

Do I have to be able to identify a subject in order to admire an image?

OpenC wrote in post #6063841
That was actually how I had it cropped originally. I know what you mean about the foreground being fairly dull, but I thought the image as a whole looked much less grand, for some reason, cropped that way... almost as if it had just been taken from the window of a train or a bar. I think with the continued barren foreground extending toward you, it makes the whole thing feel much more empty and moody.

Would be interested to hear what others think, though

Incidentally, this image won The Guardian's travel photograph of the week this week (this URL will probably only direct to the right place for the next day or two). I've just taken delivery of my Rough Guide to the Lake District as a prize - the first time I've ever got any kind of reward or remuneration for a picture

Congratulations!! Ultimately you have to go with your gut with your work.

OpenC wrote in post #6028085
Anyway. Critiques, as harsh as you like, are very welcome. I would like to get good at this at some point

Great shot, leave it alone

Love the original. I wouldn't change it a bit. Love the ovefast, foreboding scene.

OpenC, Eizo might have something for you...

http://www.eizo.com …cd/color_vision​/index.asp

midnitejam wrote in post #6063921
I really like this image and all of the edits. I also liked the recent submission in another thread of a landscape which had hills, sky, lake, and a reflection; but it was received poorly a/c it had no subject. How can I determine when a landscape doesn't have a subject Can someone tell me if this image has a subject and where to find it and how to look for it?:o I am absolutely clueless.

Do I have to be able to identify a subject in order to admire an image?

MJ, its all subjective. I look at this and see a landscape.and a lovely one at that.it;'s the WHOLE encompassing picture that draws me in..there needn't be a One thing.this one is an entire image.

Your lake, while a beautiful spot had alot going on, reflections, docks, trees etc.that the eye tried to flow through it, mine anyways, but they just didn't grab hold of the image...I think if you have another go at this and have the "focus" on the shoreline , it may be a difference?

Just my ramblings....

to the OP.lovely!

Flo wrote in post #6064493
MJ, its all subjective. I look at this and see a landscape.and a lovely one at that.it;'s the WHOLE encompassing picture that draws me in..there needn't be a One thing.this one is an entire image.

Your lake, while a beautiful spot had alot going on, reflections, docks, trees etc.that the eye tried to flow through it, mine anyways, but they just didn't grab hold of the image...I think if you have another go at this and have the "focus" on the shoreline , it may be a difference?

Just my ramblings....

to the OP.lovely!

Flo, thanks for your help, its much needed. I am extremely attracted to the image in this thread--much more so than I'm attracted to the one of the lake and reflection. I've looked at the lake again and I observed the needless complexity and I still like it even without know why or why I'm not supposed to. I'm trying to learn how to look at images. Once I learn how to see what I'm looking at (or look at what I'm seeing), I can start to capture better images.

Sometimes I feel that I'm just so far behind you guys because you've learned how to recoginize what you're lookin' at.