# In the glen **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** landscape\ **Created:** [August 16, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/in-the-glen/42765 "2024-08-16T20:11:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![guy](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@guy](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/guy)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/in-the-glen/42765/1 "2024-08-16T20:11:56Z")
![WG_16_60A2100-1_SFX_HSS.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/8/d/8ddda64bfbf6ae9a88d90a76731ad008e6bef306.jpeg) > **Critique Style Requested:** _Standard_ > > The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image. ### Description In 2020, very low water gave me some unusual images from the glen… ### Specific Feedback General impressions and critiques welcome! ### Technical Details Canon 5DSR EF L 70-200 f/4 @115 f/14, 4 sec, iso 100 Tripod ACR/PS/Silver Efex * * * ### Critique Template Use of the template is optional, but it can help spark ideas. - Vision and Purpose: - Conceptual: - Emotional Impact and Mood: - Composition: - Balance and Visual Weight: - Depth and Dimension: - Color: - Lighting: - Processing: - Technical: ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Peters](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/don_peters/32/87970_2.png) [@Don\_Peters](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Don_Peters)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/in-the-glen/42765/2 "2024-08-16T23:24:39Z")
It’s a very interesting and attractive shot, Guy. I like the curve of the waterfall and the texture of the canyon walls. I’d be happy if I’d taken this. There’s a lot of fine detail which, to me, borders on being a little too crispy. Did you use focus-stacking? If you sharpened the image, I’d consider reducing the sharpening some. ---
**Author:** ![guy](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@guy](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/guy)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/in-the-glen/42765/3 "2024-08-16T23:36:08Z")
Hi Don, Thanks for your kind words on this. It’s just a single exposure. No extra sharpening. The EF L 70-200 f/4 is a very sharp lens. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Breitkreuz](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/paul_breitkreuz/32/400_2.png) [@Paul\_Breitkreuz](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Paul_Breitkreuz)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 12:31am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/in-the-glen/42765/4 "2024-08-17T00:31:16Z")
Guy, this is an excellent image all around. Especially a single image scene too. Too late in the day for me to comment on the focus item. Never a critical issue until the final print is made of course. Always a challenge in making things perfect… 👍 ---
**Author:** ![guy](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@guy](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/guy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/in-the-glen/42765/5 "2024-08-17T00:50:17Z")
Hi Paul, I’m so glad you like it. I’ve never printed this series. I’m doing some evaluation of the current crop of Baryta papers, it or one of it’s siblings might make a good B&W candidate… ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Lowe](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/e36b37/32.png) [@Ed\_Lowe](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ed_Lowe)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 2:23am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/in-the-glen/42765/6 "2024-08-17T02:23:07Z")
Guy, I love the range of B&W tones you captured in this scene and the striations in the rock walls are perfect for leading the viewer to the lower section of falls. Is this Watkins Glen by any chance? Just wondering because I have to get back up there again one of these days. Beautifully done; no suggestions from me. ---
**Author:** ![guy](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@guy](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/guy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 9:01am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/in-the-glen/42765/7 "2024-08-17T09:01:23Z")
Hi Ed, Watkins Glen indeed. Good eye! The next year was very wet and quite different. Thank you for your kind support! ---
**Author:** ![Diane\_Miller](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/diane_miller/32/27391_2.png) [@Diane\_Miller](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Diane_Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/in-the-glen/42765/8 "2024-08-17T13:47:24Z")
A wonderful scene! It’s one I would expect to see in color so I’m having to adjust to the B/W. For me the top part, maybe halfway down to the top of the upper fall, tries to pull my eye off the top of the frame, due to the lines, and I wonder about a graduated burn there. Same with the textures in the LL corner. I even wonder about a very subtle dark vignette on all the edges, although the right edge already has such a look and maybe no room on the bottom for it – so make that just the top and left. But all in all a fantastic scene, with the delicate falls against the strongly striated rocks. ---
**Author:** ![guy](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@guy](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/guy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/in-the-glen/42765/9 "2024-08-17T16:53:39Z")
Hi Diane, Thanks for taking the time to comment. Much appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Williams](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/john_williams/32/28797_2.png) [@John\_Williams](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/John_Williams)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 3:43am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/in-the-glen/42765/10 "2024-08-21T03:43:28Z")
The flow of lines weaving back and forth as the cut descends is very nice; the low water flow let’s them stand out nicely. I like @Diane_Miller’s idea to selective darken to focus the eye more central, although I’d consider something like this. ![WG_16_60A2100-1_SFX_HSS copy](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/e/a/ea643c692d47459b617f590da3621f315e295c8f.jpeg)