Reflection

[Marko]

Took this shot on a hike a few weeks back. Just curious what people think of this...and why.
Exif - F-29 1/3 second ISO 640
Many thanks!
Marko

[kat]

Love the colors! Interesting photo. Makes your eyes work.

The more I look at it the more my eye goes to that little tan thing half way up center left. I know without the suttle rocks/stick that it is a reflection from the water but at the same token I find them to distract a little.

I think it's a great image to use as an aid (I don't know how to put this very well). EI, my hubby would use it as a faint image on a part of a web site but for me, it isn't an image I'd put on my wall.

IMO.

[scorpio_e]

I like it a lot and for me it would be a wall hanger. Love the colors and how it looks abstract. I only have two things I would change. I would rotate it 180. My eyes see it was upside down.. Maybe it just me. There is a white sliver that my eye keeps going too.

I really like it

[crystalb]

It does have nice color but if you didn't say that it was a reflection I wouldn't be too sure of what the picture was of......maybe a little less blur?

[JAS_Photo]

It is quite painterly in an impressionistic way and my first idea was the same as scorpio e to rotate it. I like the colors and the blur is not bothersome. The little white and brown spots look like dabs of paint actually. My painter friend would probably say that a painter would add that sort of thing to force the viewer to look around the painting. Plus I like that the colors do not become muddy at all.

[tirediron]

A really nice image. I agree with raiven about the impessionistic aspect.

[Marko]

Thanks very much for the comments everyone. This is one of those images that make me question the concept of focal point and the concept of telling a story. At least for me, it's 100X harder to critique my own image because I'm too 'close' to it and this image in particular because it's abstract.

For me I guess the "story" is simply about colour...it's a very abstract (lol) story. Normally I look for more concrete stories. And then focal point..normally I'm looking for 1 or 2 clear focal points...but in this image I see no clear focal point....and yet when I saw this scene I smiled because I found it beautiful.

That rotate comment was way cool Scorpio....he's the rotated version with a hint of cloning. Thx again! Marko

[jlabel]

At first it is a nice expressionist painting, but then it seems also like reflection in the lake as a photography there is almost no anchor that leads me to think it was actually taken with a camera.
I am not much fond of low contrast subjective stuff, but thats me

[Marko]

Low contrast...? hmmm, you are right - the orig shows way better contrast. Just pumped up this second rotated version and I like it better. Thx - marko

[Michaelaw]

I've checked this image many times and felt it best not to comment because I still really hadn't defined an opinion. I sided with MA's post but then tried to change my perspective again. For me it's an appealing abstract and my only beef is the color tones in the reds, they tend to pull more to the pink...AND I HATE PINK! It's only that and a smidgen of MA's vision that stop total love of this one