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.
Questions to guide your feedback
I routinely check out this road that bisects Watkins Lake and on this particular morning the fog was hanging in the background and the geese and swans had taken over the road. I was trying to impart 3 feelings with this image: 1) a drive into mystery using the road to lead the viewer into the fog shrouded unknown, 2) nature reclaiming the road as its own, and 3) the obvious beauty of the lake on a foggy sunrise. Thoughts on my success and any emotional or aesthetic comments? Thanks!
Other Information
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Technical Details
Image was shot handheld using a Canon 5D Mark III, EF 70-200mm f/2.8 IS II USM lens, at 200mm f/6 1/100s and ISO 200.
Processing was completed using LR Classic to adjust exposure, clarity, detail and using a linear gradient dragged up from the bottom to bring a little more sharpness and clarity to the foreground while leaving the foggy background hazy.