Backlit Swamp

Interesting shot from Louisana. Comments and suggestions appreciated.

http://www.pbase.com/image/25369887.jpg

looks good to me.... my only suggestion is getting lower

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Originally Posted by paulnj

looks good to me.... my only suggestion is getting lower

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Just to make sure I understand your comment. You want me to get into the swamp? With the gators and snakes? And mud?

so you are saying you were hovering ..hehehe

i would guess that you had your feet on something solid in nature or you had a boat.
so replace feet with knees(or bed at waist) or if boat get lower in that.

me personally, i raised poisonous snakes and a gator won't scare me much either.

both would rather go the other way .

quick story...

ding darling 2001, laying half in water with feet on dry ground, viewfinder goes dark, looking at a 16 ft american crocadile at 6 feet...... figures out i'm not a log and SPLASH...bye bye.. i keep shooting spoonbills from below their eye level........ isn't nature fun

ding darling 2001, laying half in water with feet on dry ground, viewfinder goes dark, looking at a 16 ft american crocadile at 6 feet...... figures out i'm not a log and SPLASH...bye bye.. i keep shooting spoonbills from below their eye level........ isn't nature fun

Similar Story. Ding Darling near swamp about 15 feet from a 20 foot aligator. Determined it was dead.

should've grabbed some teeth for bragging rights

Well, my first impression was that the swamp isn't really backlit, it just looks overcast. Backlighting would have created interesting shadows and I was sort of expecting that I guess.

The image could use more contrast, and maybe even a longer exposure to bring out some more detail in the foreground elements. The sky would have been blown no matter what, so that wouldn't have been a concern.

I like it but it needs more balance or movement through the frame or something. I've take a few like it and have the same problem.