Roraima Photo | TrekEarth

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From the trail to Roraima

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mfonda (889) 2006-04-03 16:00

Hi Michal,

The colors are very nice here. I like the lighting, and also the effect created by the clouds.

This looks like an beautiful place and you capture that quite well; however, I don't really agree with your composition here. I don't think you should have included the waterfall in here at all, or if you have to, don't place it in the center. Our eyes go directly to the waterfall, even though it is not detailed, just an insiginificant part of this picture. If you want a waterfall shot, get up close to it so we can see its size and power, this far away shot is only distracting.

POV could be rotated so this tree is still placed on the right, but only cliffs behind it, no waterfall.

Overall, great landscape shot. The waterfall is very distracting for me, but others may disagree.

Thanks for sharing.

- Matthew

SamB (1948) 2006-04-03 19:00

I like this one. You have nice lighting, and the lit tree pops against the dark background. I'm not so adamantly opposed to the waterfall, but maybe if you're going to keep it in the frame it would be nice to shoot from a little bit farther to the left to pull the waterfall a little bit farther from the tree. If you had omitted the waterfall then the tree would probably need to be a little closer to the middle (about a third of the way from the right side rather than the quarter that it's at right now), or the left side would be a bit too empty.

Nice work!
sam