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A spring like walk along the very flooded River Adur this morning.
The tops of the river banks were only about a foot above the water and apparently not visible at all yesterday.
I decided to turn back when I realised the tide was coming in!
Wasn't sure about the large amount of water I'd left at the bottom of the frame at first, but decided to leave it this way as it shows better the vast quantity of water.
I'll upload a few.
Always interested to hear any comments of any kind.
Julie
| Camera: | Nikon D200  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | 18 - 70 |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Title: | Perching gates |
| Username: | 
Juliee |
| Uploaded: | 11 Feb 2009 - 10:59 PM |
| Tags: | February, Floods, Landscape / travel, Photo journalism, River adur, Sussex, Winter |
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Hi Julie. I've concentrated on V1 here - although I also like V4.
Quote: Wasn't sure about the large amount of water I'd left at the bottom of the frame at first, but decided to leave it this way as it shows better the vast quantity of water.
There is a way to keep detail in a photo and to avoid losing it by cropping. It is a tool in PS CS4 known as 'content-aware scale' and I have demonstrated how it works in the mod I have uploaded for you. With the tool I've squeezed the photo from the bottom and (slightly) from the left, before cropping... you will notice no detail has been lost unlike ordinary cropping. I have also selected the distant hills and reduced the blueness, by a curves adjustment in the blue channel, albeit not completely. I hope you find the result interesting. 
V1
I like all the water in at the bottom for the very reason you have stated but you may consider cropping a little on th left so that each edge has a gate & fence on the bank as a visual "stop"
Also, I wonder if a polarising filter would have helped with deeping the blue of the sky, thus giving some contrast with the white clouds.
Although you have cropped quite tightly on the bottom of V3 I assume there were some reeds / grass bank that did not look quite right, which is a shame as, for me, I think it need just a little more space.
Not a good place to submerge a new camera !
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