I think I may have told you that one of the things our teacher had us do in my Zen of Photography class, was to sit down and sketch the scene, identify and name the adjective or feeling that had drawn us to select the scene, and only then to photograph it. My word for this scene was "still". As I look at it now, though, I think the balance is a bit off between negative space and the rocks and reflections. I tried it cropped up from the bottom but that didn't feel right either. I'll be curious what suggestions you may have.
Interesting...not sure what to offer as it is a bit top-heavy, but if it doesn't work as a square, you might not have any other options. Do you have the option to raise it up a bit due to cropping?
I'm sitting here with a piece of paper, and covering it this way and that way. I've decided I quite like a squarer crop, but cropping from the top to the top of the middle rock. Just an idea.
I loved reading about the thinking process that got you to this photo, and I think we should all approach photography in a similar manner. One of my professors in architecture school used to say: "Ask the building what it wants to be", and I never forgot that concept, even when I failed to apply it! So, what does this photo want to be? I might have missed a few reiterations because it looks somewhat square to me, but I cannot tell. I like the composition, the grouping of the rocks, and the negative space in front, but I feel that it can be opened up a bit. I detect some reflections of the rocks in the water, but it is too dark to tell.....maybe if you could lighten up the foreground?
October 23rd, 2015
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