Ben Horne Offline Upload & Sell: Off
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You had some fantastic conditions here, and your processing is very realistic which I really appreciate. I do want to be honest about something though. There is something that just feels a bit off about this shot. Despite the great things going for it --- the light, and the way the flowing water mimics the shape of the clouds/mountains, something feels like it is missing. You have all the elements there, but to me the image feels like it lacks soul. I think it's because the various elements in the composition don't seem to interact with each other. It feels a bit like the shot was "forced" by using an ultra wide angle lens and a vertical composition -- as though the ultra wide was used to include everything, but it essentially just shoved all the elements into the corner rather than giving the image a multi-layered sense of depth. I love looking at landscape shots that build a sense of depth, and seem to tell a story about the subject, but in this case, I see a bunch of great elements crammed into a shot with an ultra wide angle lens but without telling a story or grabbing me on a more emotional level. It's a technically very well polished image, but it doesn't seem to have the same soul as your other work.
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