You are right, the interest is the pattern and structure of the foreground. That’s where my eye goes first–and it wants to stay there and wander around a bit. What would happen if you cropped the top of the image to just above the fisherman’s head? That would leave some context for the image and maybe remove unwanted distraction and brightness. I like it the creativity used to include the movement or undulation of the foreground.
Hi Mark,
The star of the show is definitely the unusual rock formations, but the fisherman does add a nice context to the image. I think a crop from the top would help emphasize that. It would also get rid of some of the bright clouds which want to pull my eye upward from all the wonderful shapes and formations of the rocks. I hope you do not mind, but here is a rework with what I was thinking. You could go even farther; if you wanted; with about one half of the top cropped to show off the rocks.
Mark, you read my mind on the B&W conversion! I’d also try the same on the original uncropped version and play with tone, contrast, and maybe sharpening in the foreground to further explore the opportunities with this image.
