Yesterday I finally got the trifecta of elements I've been hoping to get all year: reflection, the reddish morning glow and pretty clouds. C&C welcome! I tried to keep the processing to a realistic level and not overcook it.
Image looks great. I like what you've done with the placement of the horizon line give the image beautiful symmetry. Having said that you could try experimenting with cropping the bottom of the image by cropping just above the bottom left rock. You would lose the symmetry which could affect the feel you are going for, and lose some of that beautiful reflection. But it's another option to think about. That pesky little bit of dead foliage on the bottom edge is something I personally would crop out or clone out.
dakel wrote:
Image looks great. I like what you've done with the placement of the horizon line give the image beautiful symmetry. Having said that you could try experimenting with cropping the bottom of the image by cropping just above the bottom left rock. You would lose the symmetry which could affect the feel you are going for, and lose some of that beautiful reflection. But it's another option to think about. That pesky little bit of dead foliage on the bottom edge is something I personally would crop out or clone out.
I'll have to play around with that when I get home. I have had some results that I liked in prior reflection shots that ended up opposite of what you're describing; basically cropping off the top half and leaving the reflection as the main focus. But that's been pretty variable in how it turns out. If there's no interesting cloud textures or anything, it's pretty dull.
I do have a version of the above shot that was taken in landscape mode too. The red glow was very quick that morning, but it was just long enough that I was able to get the landscape shot as well before the light started turning golden.
