On 28 Apr 2014, at 01:02, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 27, 2014, at 11:50 AM, Richard Womer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Larry, what's going on with the surface of the water? Is it the rock showing >> through or is there some sort of revolting scum floating on it? > > There is a rock showing through. I don’t know if it’s revolting scum, > sometimes bubbles on the surface don’t dissipate instantly. I rather liked > the patterns made by the bubbles. > >> >> Sorry, but none of these appeals to me. > > OK. > > My assessment FWIW: 1a: the scene as a whole is a jumbled mess. therefore 1b: look for interesting details that can be isolated
2a: the scraggly vegetation is not a good choice. 3a. waterfall itself has too much interference from distracting elements. so 3b. ignore it or get closer (waterproof waders perhaps?) 4a. bubbles/scum on surface provides interesting abstraction. therefore 4b. go for image(s) of the abstract patterns. Your #72 comes closest (physically and metaphorically) to the aspect I would try to work over in this scene. But I would zoom in or crop to eliminate all twigs, vegetation, etc. leaving only a portion of the water surface, possibly including some of the rock. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
