[fionaB]

not something im very good at so rip it to bits.

[Chris H]

I like it pretty much as is.

Maybe just burn in the sky on the left hand side a tad but hey what do I know

[ray]

Well with my experience i dont like replying in the critique, but i have to say that will do for me fiona very nice landscape

[JMitchell]

Really like this one Fi, great colours and exposure, but yeah maybe try to get some more detail from the LHS sky

[Chilliman]

Certainly does it for me though a strange thing, when I right click to have a look at the exif it crashes my browser. I don't get this with any other photo and if no exif is available then I get the usual dialogue box popping up but not with this photo.

I thought it was just a coincidence but I tried on 4 separate occasions and each time I had to restart the browser.,,,weird. But I could'nt get it to crash veiwing the exif on other pics.

[Larne]

Yeah there is something wierd on the EXIF. Didn't crash my browser but did crash the EXIF viewer.

Good picture. I would probably crop from the bottom a bit as I feel there is a bit too much brown in the bottom left corner and a wide format wouldn't hurt the picture.

If this is what all your landscapes look like then you need to take more of them!

[marcinklysewicz]

very nice photo. interesting place. if i were you i would take more sky in composition rahter half to half (sky and land). but maybe i'm wrong.

sky is a little bit overexposed - you could see it on clouds at the left. but colours are great .

[chrisa]

A reasonable scene Fiona which makes a fairly likeable photo.

As you asked though, I'll rip it to bits.

The sky is burnt out on LHS as has been mentioned before. I think you've got the right amount of sky personally. What could really be improved though I think is the composition of the scene.

I'm not sure how much access would be possible here, but in the ideal world I think you should lose most of that gravel in the foreground. Getting onto the gravel and framing the dam from there would enable this, and I think bring the main subject (the dam) into larger prominence, and create a possibility of using it to create a lead in line to your picture.

[marcinklysewicz]

something like this?



i was trying to safe the sky from overexposure but i faild. sorry

[chrisa]

Similar, and think that crop makes it better.

I was also thinking that getting closer to the dam would enable you to alter the angle height of image too.

[WOODY]

VERY NICE FIONA, GOOD ATTEMPT

[fionaB]

hey thanx all,............... could it be that this is actually an HDR that is giving a prob with exif?
my OH actually suggested losing hte gravel and i did but then put it back cos i liked the contrast of the rough gravel with the smooth flowing water ( if that makes sense)
anyway........ i do have a few more of the salmon ladder frmo different angles, unfortunately i couldnt find a safe way down to the gravel itself., but i did get down to nearly the water on the other side..... will process them and post later,.

thanx again everyone, as usual all the suggestions have been absorbed and taken on board for next time!

Fi

[JMitchell]

Just tried cropping out the gravel with scrolling, and actually I do think it looks better...

[Charlotte]

Nice one Fiona, and Marcin's crop works a treat