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gdanmitchell wrote:
An alternative crop idea occurred to me after thinking more about the appeal of that warm light reflecting in the blue area over the lake - that is perhaps the most interesting thing in the scene for me.
This may seem odd, but I'd consider cropping out most of the sky, cutting things right above the peak at the right side of the frame (perhaps barely above that small wisp of a cloud), and leaving a much narrower band of colorful sky. (Yes, I'd lose the moon.. :-) Oddly, by doing this, you make that beautiful and subtle colored light at the lake surface a larger force in the image - largely, I think, by removing the overwhelming and large area of color in the sky - and focus the attention on that beautiful and subtle feature. (I might consider cropping a bit from the right side of the frame as well, with a goal of slightly reducing the mass of the dark mountains above Lee Vining a bit.)
I understand what some are saying when they suggest diminishing the dark area in the foreground... but I'm not sure I agree with them. This area, being dark, allows that bit of luminous color on the lake to stand out a bit more by contrast, and the line of the road into the lower left corner is compositionally effective to my eye. I might play a bit with the intensity of the blue tones.
I think what I'm saying is that in the current image the moon distracts me from the core interest in this scene, and that this core interest is a much more luminous, beautiful and rare thing - the subtle coloration of the light reflected from the sky onto the area of the lake. Bringing my attention more to that could possibly make this scene something more special than another Giant Moon Photograph.
Take care,
Dan
Thank you, Dan, for your welcome and expanded critique, gratefully accepted.
The moon insertion was a not a well thought out addition to base image which was posted earlier on this forum and again here.
Bob
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