Iceberg Ahead! Part two!

Critiques [Translate]

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• SunToucher (10169)
• [2007-03-29 9:19]

Hi Donna,
I missed the first photo (will see it soon) but this is just awesome. I would never expect to see something like this on the great lakes. I know they have a kind of sea climate effect, but this kind of huge ice formation is something else. A very interesting post with a good note.
TFS,
Niek

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• fartash (5161)
• [2007-03-29 9:21]

Hello Donna
Excellent landscape,
Great composition and lighting,
Welldone.

Good Luck
Fartash

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• trinko (4314)
• [2007-03-29 9:34]

very interesting subject. too bad you couldn't get closer. nice colors and water texture. focus is off a bit though.

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• simon182 (1455)
• [2007-03-29 10:15]
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Hi there Donna,

I'm amazed at this sleeping giant in the lake! Here's my critique (I'm using a new format to make it easier to read and write and hopefully more detailed!)

Technical Quality:
I assume your focus point was somewhere around the mid/rear point of the shot and with the quite wide aperture your image is sharpest at these points. This leaves the foreground interest a tad blurred. Exposure has been metered ok and isn't overexposed as you've cut down the amount of bright sky that could fool the camera. The colours appear slightly warm but natural enough. The light is quite bright but you've managed to control it.

Composition:
Your horizon is dead level and I like the foreground interest that allows us to place this 'iceberg' in its new environment. I am not sure that the large central area of the photo should be the dominant feature. It seems to have come about due to the viewpoint you have taken that might be too high, allowing us to see too much mid ground. A lower viewpoint would help here. I do like your placement of the iceberg, but not convinced of the need for so much tree to be visible.

Emotional Appeal:
An iceberg formed in these circumstances is highly unusual and you have done well to make a record of its life. It is definitely something we don't see a lot of and you engage the reader well with your note. So this photo, while not the most dynamic does hold a certain charm in its unusualness.

Possible Improvements:
Well I would say two things really: viewpoint and time of day. The first is just to improve the composition and reduce that large amount of water in the middle, keeping the foreground interest is essential though as otherwise we wouldn't be able to take the whole scene in. Secondly, if you took this at dawn/dusk with tripod and a narrow aperture you could increase sharpness throughout the scene and give some more mystery to the scene with the colours and light that occur at this time of day.
I don't think you need extra focal length as this would defeat the object of giving the iceberg a sense of place.

Nice job recording this rare sight Donna.Perhaps a boat trip is required to get up close and personal to this monster?!

All the best,
Simon

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• pankajbajpai (16507)
• [2007-03-29 13:04]

hi donna,
nice shot, i liked the composition, natural colour tones, good pov,getting closer to the iceberg would be even better,
tfs & regards
pankaj

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• ramthakur (32154)
• [2007-03-29 14:09]

Hello Donna,
I can see that huge ice formation on the horizon. Despite the distance, it looks formidable.
This is a fine composition with the blue waters covering almost 90% of the canvas. The birds and vegetation in the foreground add an attractive contrasting element to the entire landscape.
Thanks.
Ram

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• jeanpaul (14117)
• [2007-03-29 17:23]

Salut Donna
C'esu une très jolie prise de vue de ce Glacier avec ces superbes couleurs et cette immensitée de l'océan..Très belle composition et j'ai apprécié ta note.
Merci et au revoir....JP

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• Adanac (17609)
• [2007-03-29 17:47]

Hello Donna,
Beautiful composition, I differ with Simon in that the big open water adds real depth and shows how far to the ice it is, plus if you that a lower point of view we would lose the foreground which is important here. Great color here too Donna, thanks for sharing.
Rick

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• horia (14900)
• [2007-03-30 6:30]
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Hi Donna

Another splendid photo from you!
I like this one much better than the first shot of the "iceberg" because of this splendid warm and low angled light that creates a wonderful effect and also saturated the colors impeccably.
The contrast here between the lovely blue water and the iceberg and seagulls is terrific and very wyw-catching.
The details are nice and the composition is charming.

Bravo and TFS
horia

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• Alex99 (18531)
• [2007-03-30 12:50]
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Hi Donna.
I have read your intro with great pleasure. Now I also have understood sense of your nickname. Thank you for interest to my pictures. Nowadays I begin to meet with your photo collection.

I like your POV and framing of the scene. Bushes and tree at foreground are looked very nice. Lights and colours of your picture are wonderful too. May be image is soft a little bit. Your shot is taken with love to this place, I suppose, I feel. My best regards and TFS.
Alexei.

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• SkyF (8127)
• [2007-04-05 10:37]

Hi Donna,
on the thumbnail I mistook this for a ship. It's huge, I did not see any that big on my trip
past the glaciers. Very nicely captured, good sharpnns and the colors and textures are excellent.
TFS..Sky