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    ice at sunset

    taken within a few minutes of the dock photo, if i remember correctly.
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    I had to scroll up and down to see the whole image so it is hard for me to comment on the image as a whole. The bottom half almost looks like a cross-section of a cliff or some geological specimen. The textures and horizontal lines are intriguing. The top half of the picture adds depth with the sun and log and could be a picture in itself. You might try cropping it in half to produce two separate but interesting images.

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    smaller pic

    Quote Originally Posted by cfarrell
    I had to scroll up and down to see the whole image so it is hard for me to comment on the image as a whole. The bottom half almost looks like a cross-section of a cliff or some geological specimen. The textures and horizontal lines are intriguing. The top half of the picture adds depth with the sun and log and could be a picture in itself. You might try cropping it in half to produce two separate but interesting images.

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    oops, didn't realize it was too big for the screen until now. thanks. i'm attaching a re-sized version here. yes, i also liked the different textures, and also the subtle gradations in color: blues, purples, greens are some of my favorite colors in general. this shot just happened to have them all

    i took your idea of two separate pics and tried and upper half and lower half version. it was an interesting idea you had - thanks! - but after experimenting a little i thought only the upper half part worked as a standalone picture. i'm posting my version of that here as well. thanks again for your input!
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    Personally I don't care for the log near the top, it doesn't seem to add to the shot. If you cropped just below that, you'd have three roughly equal thirds, each a different color and texture of water and ice. I think that's a stronger shot.

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    Like the upper half

    Stew - I like the cropped version of the upper third of the photo. I think it focuses the image a bit more than the larger version - which contains a lot of interesting points competing for my attention.

    Corey

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    I too like the cropped version of the upper half. I think it's a little out of focus though. It appears in the original version you focused on the water. If you had used a smaller f stop and gotten some more DOF it may have improved all the images. I do like all the subtle textures and tones.
    Lou

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