Wichita NWR Stream

[ChasMcRae]

Intermittant stream created pools among reddish rocks in Wichita NWR, Ok. during Fall.

Chas.

amera Model: Canon EOS 40D
Camera serial number: 1120719490
Firmware: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
Date/Time: 2008:11:09 12:58:21
Shutter speed: 1/60 sec
Aperture: 16
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: -1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 200
Lens: 28 to 135mm
Focal length: 30mm
Subject distance: 655 m
Image size: 800 x 706
Rotation: none
White balance: Auto
Color space: AdobeRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Great colors and composition Charles and I like the lovely sky, rock and plant reflections in the water. Very vibrant and appealing image. Thanks for sharing.

[Fabs Forns]

Nicely done. Another option, and one i'd favor, is cropping the top just leaving a bit of the shoreline and capitalize on the reflection.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Chas,
I'm not the biggest fan of the brush in the BG.....even though you minimized it very well. I did look at fabs suggestion of eliminating the rocks.....and for just a minor clone of the shadow area a bit.....it does strengthen the comp considerably. Do the old browser crop......scroll until you eliminate all the rocks but have the curve of the upper bank.....looks pretty good. I also looked at it with cropping out just the brush......works also.....but I like the reflection only approach with the near FG best.

[ChasMcRae]

Interesting since I looked at the two crops suggested.
I guess I have been put off by the general public looking at my reflection pictures "only" and saying what gives ?
Im not really a landscape person ,but when something strikes my eye I try to figure out why ?
Thanks for all the input ! Lets hope it improves my output !

Chas.

[Robert Amoruso]

Chuck,

I think the crop suggestion is a good one as the main attraction of the image is the reflection.