Here is what I got.
I've played with the shot, because I love the V of ripples. Here's my best edit.
The thoughts I still have about it are these: should I crop out the overexposed shoreline; should I play with the contrast; and, last but not least, should I just throw the dern thing out.
Thursday Evening
This is a cropped edit I received from Anvilcloud, who is one humdinger of a photo editor. He advises darkening the white reflections, but even without that the improvement is great. As he has revised it, I think it's a save. Thanks, AC!
I take so many shots like this: I can see the moment but I can't get the camera to respond in time. It's so frustrating. I can see why you would want to edit out the shore line but I'm not sure that's where the main issue is. The duck and its V need to be the focal point but they begin in the darkest part of the river. B/c of this the bands of reflection seem to be winning out in capturing the viewer's attention. Dangnabbit.
ReplyDeleteI would like to keep the paddler in there, so I would do a perspective crop. I would darken the whole pic a bit and the top part even more. Then I would desaturate the top part a bit. Maybe I can email you my result. I think I have your email.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting. I do find I learn more from my failures than my successes.
ReplyDeletenice save.
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