photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Canon DSLR Challenge | all galleries >> Canon SLR Challenges - FAQ >> CSLR - Best of... >> Best of 2007 > 3d Place Once was a fence *
previous | next
14-JAN-2007 Neil Lawson

3d Place Once was a fence *

Coorong, South Australia

Taken on a salt plain at The Coorong, which is a National Park adjacent to the mouth of the Murray, Australia's biggest river system. It is considered a wetland of international significance, but is currently suffering through overuse of the Murray's water upstream, and the worst drought in recorded history


other sizes: small medium original auto
share
Canon DSLR Challenge18-Jan-2007 11:31
Nicely done, Neil. I really like your composition, the position with which you photographed this from and the nice clear blue sky. For me personally, I try really hard not to place the horizon in the middle of the image but, it's really not a hardship on your shot in this case. Thanks for sharing this. Markjay
Canon DSLR Challenge18-Jan-2007 03:26
Nice capture Neil, I do like the texture of the salty dry earth and the weathered posts. I guess this is one of those shots that you can play with a multitude of crops to arrive somewhere around here? I like this crop but it is interesting to hear of other preferences. ~ Regards Bob.
alexeig16-Jan-2007 19:23
This is very nice picture. I like the weathered texture on the first pole and how they gradually blur with the distance. The light yellow color of sand and the blue sky also add to the picture
photokhan16-Jan-2007 17:03
This works great for the proposed theme and also on its own.
Of course, it also has a "teasing factor" for all of us, cold-freezing northern "hemispheers".
...but, no problem, we'll talk back again in July...:)
PK
Canon DSLR Challenge16-Jan-2007 12:00
Thanks for the comments..... yes, I'm sure this would do well in B&W, but I'm kind of a full colour sort of guy, so it takes a lot to get me to remove the colour.

I did think the horizon was in the wrong place, but in the end I decided to crop it fairly tightly around the closest post, with a little more space at the bottom than the top. I don't think leaving more foreground at the bottom to put the horizon in the middle would be as good --- unfortunately can't go back to reshoot it, but something to remember for next time. Cheers, NEil
jnconradie16-Jan-2007 05:05
Neil, I like it a whole lot.

It reminded me somewhat of some of the work by Adam Clutterbuck, such ashttp://www.pbase.com/bishopsmead/image/62140393 (Intended as compliments since I think he is very good indeed.)

And then when I read the comment from Bruce, I wanted to say, "yes, exactly" - that is what needs to happen: a strong constrasty bw version, in my opinion.

If I may be so bold as to offer a further comment (and I would not have bothered if I did not think this was really good): the horizon is just about in the middle, but not quite, about 55% from the top. My personal preference (and it might just be me!) would have been to compose with the horizon either on the upper thirds line, or at the lower thirds line, or as third alternative exactly in the middle. As it is, it looks a bit "undecided". I am happy to be shot down in flames on this point if I am being too orthodox. :-)

Sorry for the long rambling comment, but I thought this was well deserving of more time and attention in terms of analysis and suggestions.

Super photograph and it looks like a place which could be a landscape photographer's dream. Hope you get rain soon. We had some wonderful thunderstorms over Johannesburg during the last few days and I just wished we could ask a couple to hop across the Indean Ocean and head in your direction. :-)

Regards ~jnconradie
Bruce T Jones15-Jan-2007 23:34
Stark and severe. I like it. I wonder if a contrasty b/w interpretation (with a red filter effect) wouldn't push it even further in that direction. The lovely blue sky kinda works against the severity of the scene. -- Bruce
Julie Bird15-Jan-2007 07:26
Good capture Neil, an as a fellow Aussie, I can understand the plight of the beautiful Coorong. Julie