# Reflections 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** landscape\ **Created:** [July 5, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/reflections-2/22832 "2021-07-05T11:51:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mario\_Cornacchione](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mario_cornacchione/32/26649_2.png) [@Mario\_Cornacchione](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mario_Cornacchione)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/reflections-2/22832/1 "2021-07-05T11:51:58Z")
![Reflections 2](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/3/9/3936e7dd58287292d8fbd62dea2d5a4e094ec66a.jpeg) Simply a reflection on Lake Aleeda ### Specific Feedback Requested Comp and processing and any other. ### Technical Details Is this a composite: No 200mm f/11 1/160 sec iso 200 ###### ---
**Author:** ![linda\_mellor](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/linda_mellor/32/15806_2.png) [@linda\_mellor](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/linda_mellor)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/reflections-2/22832/2 "2021-07-05T13:58:25Z")
Lovely, Mario. Wonderful reflections of the clouds in the lake. Nicely seen and captured. ---
**Author:** ![Kris\_Smith](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/kris_smith/32/59826_2.png) [@Kris\_Smith](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Kris_Smith)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/reflections-2/22832/3 "2021-07-05T14:35:30Z")
Well seen, Mario. It’s a gentle image, but has a quiet drama. You handled the greens nicely. Not sure about the top part of the sky reflection…whether it bookends and frames or not. ---
**Author:** ![Harley\_Goldman](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/harley_goldman/32/213_2.png) [@Harley\_Goldman](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Harley_Goldman)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/reflections-2/22832/4 "2021-07-05T15:04:12Z")
Nice, simple and very effective. I would experiment with a gradient mask and darken the grasses just a bit, most along the bottom edge and fan it up with the gradient mask. It should not need much. I quite like this one. ---
**Author:** ![Dick\_Knudson](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dick_knudson/32/60742_2.png) [@Dick\_Knudson](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dick_Knudson)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/reflections-2/22832/5 "2021-07-05T19:22:08Z")
Well seen. The clouds are the highlight for me: their colors and arrangement. I also wondered about the top and the grass at the bottom before reading the other comments. By that time, I had my cropping tool out, with this result. ![DSC06735-Edit copy](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/9/d/9d5aadeb493451c70b7fb868ab74bb66a6bad182.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Schrayer](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Schrayer](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Brian_Schrayer)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/reflections-2/22832/6 "2021-07-06T01:37:20Z")
This is very nicely done, Mario! I like the concept of this photo. I don’t have any critiques, so I will just enjoy this image and appreciate your vision to see this photo. I often approach photography from a more literal perspective, and although I have worked to learn to see beyond the literal this is a scene that I would most likely have overlooked. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2021, 3:35am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/reflections-2/22832/7 "2021-07-06T03:35:46Z")
I think this is wonderful! I enjoy the slightly surreal point of view – the FG tells me I’m down low looking level, but then I’m seeing the sky! (Would be amazing with no ripples but then they are a nice clue as to what I’m seeing.) @Dick_Knudson’s crop makes it even more surreal somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_McGuirk](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ed_mcguirk/32/30542_2.png) [@Ed\_McGuirk](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ed_McGuirk)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/reflections-2/22832/8 "2021-07-06T13:18:04Z")
Very creative bit on seeing here Mario. It is both literal and non-literal at the same time, which makes it very artistic. I like it exactly as presented, I wouldn’t tweak anything at all. ---
**Author:** ![Mario\_Cornacchione](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mario_cornacchione/32/26649_2.png) [@Mario\_Cornacchione](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mario_Cornacchione)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/reflections-2/22832/9 "2021-07-06T20:04:02Z")
Thank you all @Ed_McGuirk @linda_mellor @Brian_Schrayer @Kris_Smith @Diane_Miller @Harley_Goldman for your comments and suggestions. I did apply a gradient filter to the grass with some decrease in exposure but decided to leave it uncropped.