Greg, Your points are taken, though I must say I was not commenting on nature itself, just the photograph. I know the world has bumps, which are really what makes it interesting, and am not one who supports the "paving over" as you say. I wasn't suggesting anything as dramatic as sawing down something to get a good photo...that is about 100 times more dramatic that simply moving the frame up a bit, which was all I was getting at... The more I look at it, the more I realize that what bothers me is not the bump, but the fact that I can't see the top of the reeds on the left for a complete reflection... so the pic does not settle with as much grace as I feel was there quite naturally in that moment. Actually, my eye would like to see both the bump at the bottom and the top of the reeds, but since cameras have width limitations, I have to vote for the top of the reeds if I were to pick between the two. The lines and reflection are so graceful that I want it to be complete...it is one opinion of the many.
Sometimes i think there;s such a built in desire for nature tobe flawless - to be immaculate in photographs, we entirely miss the point. nature is not perfect - there are ripples in water, algae on the surface - there are branches that don't grow in the right place. I've even heard of photographers taking in saws. We forget as viewers to stand back and see the image as a whole and how it affects us emotionally, which, in most cases is the only real value of the photograph. If we let technology dictate us into demanding images that have no flotsam and jetsam, what are we really saying about our own lives and the world and how we want it. The world is becoming paved over - and I think, so is out view of how we record it.
agreed. however, the bumpiness of the aforementioned thingamajigger is equalled by the texture of some kind of doohikey encroaching the image from the left. in a perfect world there would be no bumpiness...or at least equal bumpiness spilling in from the right from this otherwise very pleasing picture. :)
I love everything about it except the little thingamajigger in the left bottom corner. I feel like the bumpiness of said thingamajigger takes away from the smooth lines of the reeds. Great job, as usual.
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