A day at the pond

[jgredline]

Hi Folks...I am cleaning up my computer as I am getting ready to delete some pics and burn others to dvd's, anyway, I had already deleted this one, but thought I would place it here to see what you folks think...I know what I don't like about it, but am curious to hear your thoughts..

[AgingEyes]

You don't like it because:
1. it doesn't look natural...something to do with the colors?
2. it doesn't give you a sense of depth?
3. the colors?
4. the leaves of the tree in the foreground "touching" the roof of the house, the water...?

[jgredline]

Actually Aging eyes, you pretty much nailed it...I don't like the colors and the tree...Hence this is why it was in the trash bin...
Thanks for affirming my suspicions.

[Dylan8i]

i was going to say the colors as well, that purple just doesn't go with the blue sky and somethign funky with the roof to.

[jgredline]

I don't know about the roof...I am remembering how this came to be...I was using a film polarizer and set the camera to bright colors and well, an experiment that did not work..I do like the sky though...

[MB1]

Thems some wild colors! I likee.

OTOH the colors and the composition don't go together all that well. This seems like a good technique and a pretty target rich site so I would remember to go back and reshoot in the area-if this photo helps you to remember what you did and where you were I would say keep it.

[freygr]

You never know when a photo may be needed. I never delete any photo unless it black or white, that is no data. I just burn it all to CD or DVD. That way if I need a photo to get something off for a Graphic arts project I have it.

[gahspidy]

I like that you framed the scene with the leaves, but those colors are . . .not pleasing. Also looks very crowded at the upper half of the shot and nothing going on in the lower half.

[jgredline]

Hi Folks
I will try and make it back to that spot and in the next few days...
As I said earlier, and by the looks of it, we are all on the same page...
For me it is good, because it at least shows me how much I have learned here..
BRB.

[jgredline]

Hi Folks
Went back to that pond during my lunch time and took a few pics..
Which one or none...
I appreciate the C.C..

Ok, on this one I cropped a little off the top and a little off the bottom and resized it.
I also cloned out the over hanging palm trees..


this photo is the same basic photo as above, but with out the cropping and it is resized..


On this photo, I backed up and went a little bit wider using the palm trees to frame the picture...


Thanks Folks,
javier