Yep, the camera was sitting very low in this one. I'd guess about 3 inches above sea level :) I'd just flipped the screen up on the back so I could see what I was taking as there is absolutely no way I could have laid down here.... I was standing on a rock similar to that in the foreground!
And yes, from your pictures, something in the foreground makes a huge difference to the overall shot. Both yours look great, but the bottom one has just so much more in it to keep the eye interested!
Were you led on the ground doing this? Just tah it looks like it's from such a low viewpoint.
as you know, I'm prone to doing this.... then getting caught by Mr bowden!
Another great sceme of somehting I'll never see no doubt. The foreground rock works well - somethuing I've learned since being on here on Ephotozine is that lanscapes always benefit from foreground interest. here's 2 examples from virtually the same spot, one I paced back and panned down on....
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