I think people are off put by the centered horizon, not because it is centered, but because it has a nearly clean line between the two areas.
This photograph would have connected the two areas by lowering the tripod enough for one of the formations to stick up through the horizon. Find a spot that can also show depth looking into the formations, which this photo already does well.
Good shot though! I was not expecting a shot with no water.
A very nice shot here. I think your choice for the composition works great, this is one of those shots that using the rule of thirds for the horizon would hurt the shot.
A perfect shot, comp and otherwise.
My question , concern is about the nature: This is how Mono lake looks now? now water?
Please tell me that this is just one corner of it!
Bob
Hi Ton. I think that a slightly more subtle hand on the saturation may improve this one to my eyes. The reds on the left are certainly a bit much, as are really all of the other reds/oranges. The blue shadow on the top of the tufa right in the foreground also shows that the blues/cyans are pushed a bit much too. I don't particularly like all of the footprints tramping around in the foreground, but hey, what can you do! My favorite part of this scene is, oddly, where the willows and reeds start in the distant background and h ow they lead towards the mountains and that fabulous sunset. I think that placing that one tufa right in the middle kind of disconnects the foreground and background for me, and I'd like it all to be a bit more cohesive.
