Critique Style Requested: Initial Reaction
Please share your immediate response to the image before reading the photographer’s intent (obscured text below) or other comments. The photographer seeks a genuinely unbiased first impression.
This is a mock-up of article color version of the project I posted.
Your thoughts
This image really draws me inside the swamp, it has an incredible depth. The colors are well balanced, the green in the foreground pleasantly balanced by the foliage in the distance, and contrasted by the blues and purples of the water. The black frame further accentuates my sense of being inside the image.
@Tomas_Frydrych said it better than I could, and I’m just too jealous to try to add anything more! Wonderful!!! Best of luck with the project!
Lovely, moody photo. Well done!
@Tony_Siciliano
@Diane_Miller
@Tomas_Frydrych
May I ask a favor of you all?
In projects, I posted a full mockup of the color version.
I formatted it as if was published.
No one has responded to it after several days.
I am interested in your opinions.
Thanks for your time
Steve
Steve, I think that the image itself is great. The only thing I don’t like is how it blends (far too easily) into the black around it. I think that if you made the background a really dark grey, rather than the black, that it would look a bit better. I’m off to have a look at your project now. 
