River Fingers w/vertical

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 29, 2010234 views13 comments

Wow, lots of sick images on the front page today

This is another from my recent trip to Maine. I have lots more stuff to edit through so it's kind of nice to have some new work to share for a change. I'm looking for some honest feedback on this one and the vertical post below. I was loving it in the field and worked the comp pretty darn hard and now I'm sort of on the fence, I like it just don't know if it's representative of the "A" list. What do think, which do you prefer? Don't worry I've got thick skin

For what is worth my 3 three year old daughter prefers the horizontal which is why it's posted first. When I asked her why she said "because of all the sparkly water."

5DII, 24-70, polarizer

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Kurt Budliger on October 29, 2010 at 3:00 PM

Here's the vertical.

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Comment posted by Mitch Moraski on October 29, 2010 at 4:09 PM

I like it because of all the toothpicks that you threw in the water. What a neat effect!

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on October 29, 2010 at 4:28 PM

Hi Kurt. VERY pretty. Vertical for me - because of the feeling of more depth to the image.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Kurt Budliger on October 29, 2010 at 4:56 PM

"I like it because of all the toothpicks that you threw in the water. What a neat effect!"

I know dude, it was a killer finding 10 boxes of orange toothpicks in Bar Harbor.

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Comment posted by Andrew Finlayson on October 29, 2010 at 7:44 PM

Very cool shot. Vertical for me also though I gravitate towards vertical when there's any type of water fall/stream.

Love the repeating patterns and shapes, nice work.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on October 29, 2010 at 8:41 PM

Gotta go with the vertical, but that's just me. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on October 29, 2010 at 10:05 PM

I also like the vertical Kurt. More depth and more toothpicks. Seriously, the pattern of water flow is more appealing to me in the vertical version.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on October 29, 2010 at 11:06 PM

Neat idea to crate a image from this pattern. I like the vertical better as the pattern feels larger and with a slightly better comp.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on October 30, 2010 at 1:44 AM

Definitely the vertical on this one Kurt. The pattern of the water and the pine needles, er toothpicks, works exceedingly well in the vertical composition. I love the contrasts you achieved in the falling water areas; the underlying dark rocks, together with your processing, give such wonderful contrast. This is gorgeous.

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Comment posted by Richard Bernabe on October 30, 2010 at 8:06 AM

This is uber cool, Kurt. I, too, like the sparkly water and the horizontal version better.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on October 30, 2010 at 2:32 PM

Kurt,

Wow, I love both of these. I think they're outstanding! They speak autumn to me - I guess because of the "toothpicks" telling me it's that time of year. Yet this is almost void of color. What a great job of isolating these two versions in this stream. I'm really loving both versions! No nitpicks from me.

Lon

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 31, 2010 at 3:43 PM

Great use of lines in both, and I think I prefer the vertical because the flow of those lines is continuous.

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Comment posted by Eric Good on October 31, 2010 at 4:17 PM

Well I enjoy the vertical version more, because of the way the general shapes and patterns fill up the composition. I do like the way the underwater needles are more defined in the horizontal though. I hope I'm right on this one, because it would be quite a blow to my ego to not be as smart as a three year-old.

Nice work all around!

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