Yesterday morning, we woke to a pretty good storm above us. It rattled on for about an hour and you could hear thunder for several hours past then. We rarely see a rainbow in the morning to the west of our place and you could see this one for about an hour. Here is one picture.
Holy... that's some nice light and an impressive sky! I'm wondering if the composition isn't stronger by cropping above just the wheelbarrow to exclude some of the foreground? Just an idea... nicely done though
Thanks everyone for your comments! I have looked at Davids and Paul's suggestions and I am not sure how I feel about them. I am including a couple attempts and see what your thoughts are. I, personally liked the flowers in the foreground, but I am also interested in what is the best composition also!
Ron---I think your original framing tells a story that the tightest crop does not. In some respect, the tighter crop might have some prettier geometry, but the original shows a story of a storm in your backyard, interrupting your gardening, which, to me, is much more powerful in what it portrays.
And back to the geometry, the original has that balance of the rule-of-thirds and foreground framing anchoring the image, which I think is a nicer composition. For these reasons I go along with your original instincts. Beautiful photo.
---John
I totally get what John is saying, and after all, there's a reason you composed this the way you did originally. Worth experimenting though to see what possibilities there might be though, eh?
