As a young child I clearly remember the times I crossed the Dutch-German border. Men with machine guns impressed me. The borders went open, I married a German wife, got two beautiful kids who are be able to choose between two nationalities and do not see any men with machine guns.
Every time I drive through Wyler the old abandoned "Zollamt" remembers my childhood impressions.
As a young child I clearly remember the times I crossed the Dutch-German border. Men with machine guns impressed me. The borders went open, I married a German wife, got two beautiful kids who are be able to choose between two nationalities and do not see any men with machine guns.
Every time I drive through Wyler the old abandoned "Zollamt" remembers my childhood impressions.
Xander
For those who are interested in the original picture before pp.
This past year has been unspeakably frustrating photo-wise - the worst in the whole decade, really, especially landscape wise. That's the main reason why I have been absent - too depressing to see all the other good work
stanj: Me, either, but here your POV and the slower shutter speed together create a kind of fairyland waterfall. The rich tonality pleases the eye, too.
I gazed at this interesting image for a while, enjoying it, before I noticed that dang dark pointy thing at the bottom of the frame. It distracts, or more to the point, it doesn't work with rest of the natural framing.
At first, I didn't believe cropping up from the bottom frame edge, just enough to remove it, would work, but then I perceived it will, because the rocks catching the water dropping complete the wrapping-frame effect. The shape does it.
Anyway, I like this image and its intrinsic interest. Please post more.
stanj wrote:
This past year has been unspeakably frustrating photo-wise - the worst in the whole decade, really, especially landscape wise. That's the main reason why I have been absent - too depressing to see all the other good work
anotherview wrote:
I gazed at this interesting image for a while, enjoying it, before I noticed that dang dark pointy thing at the bottom of the frame. It distracts, or more to the point, it doesn't work with rest of the natural framing.
Thanks for the feedback; do you mean the leaf at the left 1/3 of the frame? I have alternate framings of this scene in many variations, all of which are frustrating in different ways I have spent a couple of hours at this spot over two days, got wet in the process and monopolized this spot for too long... still, sadly, it's really the only (landscape) photo of the year that's even remotely good.
Maybe I should post a separate thread with the other variants
My favorite from one of my most fun days shooting in 2009. A day filled with california wildflowers and a couple hundred miles on the car. This spot is now near the top of the list of places to revisit with the hope of getting similar blooms with a more dramatic sky and some later light.
btw, thanks to everyone at FM for all the wonderful shots (especially in this thread), helpful tips and critiques, and enthusiasm in general. A happy new year to all!!!
anotherview wrote:
Dpic_arctic: Please excuse me, but I took the liberty of cropping your photo for purposes of illustration.
IMHO, the shape of the rocks at the bottom of the waterfall continues the natural framing more effectively with this crop. The image simplfies, and focuses the attention more on that line of water dropping to a point below.
Actually, this was Stan's image. Anyhow, I like your crop version of it better than the original.
