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Image Description
Some grasses and willow in autumn along the Merced river in the Yosemite Valley.
Technical Details
Nikon D2x, Nikon 200mm f/4 at f11 0.3 sec, ISO 100, 5 vertical frames stitched together, take in 2011.
Specific Feedback
Not sure what to title this so I am looking for what feelings or emotions it bring up for you, to help me in coming up with a title.
Critique Template
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Hi Youssef,
I really don’t have a title for you, but I do know that I am enjoying this image very much. It has this peaceful calming vibe to it. The soft light is exquisite and I love the reflection along with the yellow and green elements in the scene. You have also created some nice layers here starting with the water, followed by the grasses on the bank and topped off with the forest edge. My only suggestion would be to clone out or darken that white limb towards the top left of the image as it does catch my eye a little. This is beautifully done; I could see myself sitting down and relaxing for a bit.
I think maybe we were all together on this trip? The same trip we photographed together on the back side of El Cap Meadow - you changing film on the banks of the Merced? Timing is about right… Regardless, a beautiful scene for the pano format.
I’m gonna go out on a limb and bring up something I just thought of. To me, the actual choice of the pano crop makes me think more about graphics; lines, transitions, place, etc. For some reason the actual long format doesn’t illicity “feelings” for me. The closest I can come is “transitions.” I see seasonal transition (summer>fall), but also transition from the calm water, the graphic rock and then transition in foliage. For sure, peacefu, calm, tranquil do come to mind.
I’m not sure what your original file includes, but I do feel that the forest is borderline on being cut off a bit. Either more forest/trees up top, or none at all? Maybe a little more water? I’m being super nitpicky.
Colors/processing look awesome. This is a beautiful little scene. Brings me right there! I wish!
Nice image Youssef. Beautiful layered composition. I get the feeling I’m drifting on a calm, beautiful spring day. We don’t get flowers like that in the autumn.
I would dodge the dark forest area about a third from the left, clone out the light trunk, the branch creeping in from the right edge and the slanted tree. I think it adds too much tension to a peaceful image.
Now that I’ve read your request, I got nothing for ya. LOL. I’m the worst person in the world when it comes to coming up with image titles. If I have a picture of a red flower, that’s my title, “Red Flower.”
