Appreciate your comments, Bente. The first’s my preferred shot. In an area which has minimal rain, the river ‘speaks’ – comes to the fore. I like to experiment with angles…. brings up different aspects.
I like them both, but like Bente I prefer the first image. Can you tell us something about it and how you captured it? Is the second one a wide angle shot? Lovely landscape Liz, great colours, where is this?
Greetings from the Rhine Valley
Dina
Lovely to get your comments, Dina. The shot is taken in the Cedarberg, a sparsely populated area 2 hours north of Cape Town. It’s a wild landscapes with ancient eroded mountains. Water is an important aspect, so i would choose the first over the second as it highlights the ‘nature’ of the river. Unfortunately wasn’t able to check the exif data as travelling with my iPad and pix on iCloud. I reckon i probably used my wide angle 12 – 24mm lens for the second shot and 18 -70mm for the portrait orientation.
As always, appreciate your comments 🙂 This challenge’s fairly subjective 🙂 The scene is set in the Cedarberg – quite an arid area with wide horizons…. water and space tend to overide other aspects.
A perfect example of varying perspective and composition. Like others I too prefer the first one more. Perhaps because it focuses more on the foreground which has some really interesting shapes and patterns and it fills up most of the space in the frame thereby giving one a feeling of actually being in that place:)
Thanks for the feedback, Uday. This week’s challenge was a useful one… good to analyse what works and pay attention to detail. I find i tend to see the horizontal plane more readily than the vertical… good to get your comment on the foreground 🙂
Think you would enjoy it… Special place of the San Bushmen – their rock art is close by and you’d probably be tempted to stay awhile cooling those feet ….
Nature on the Edge 
If i would choose I choose the portrait one for this picture. More suspense and depth.
Thanks for the comments… agree the first has more punch.
Very different effect. Maybe the first is more dynamic?
Appreciate your comments, Bente. The first’s my preferred shot. In an area which has minimal rain, the river ‘speaks’ – comes to the fore. I like to experiment with angles…. brings up different aspects.
I like them both, but like Bente I prefer the first image. Can you tell us something about it and how you captured it? Is the second one a wide angle shot? Lovely landscape Liz, great colours, where is this?
Greetings from the Rhine Valley
Dina
Lovely to get your comments, Dina. The shot is taken in the Cedarberg, a sparsely populated area 2 hours north of Cape Town. It’s a wild landscapes with ancient eroded mountains. Water is an important aspect, so i would choose the first over the second as it highlights the ‘nature’ of the river. Unfortunately wasn’t able to check the exif data as travelling with my iPad and pix on iCloud. I reckon i probably used my wide angle 12 – 24mm lens for the second shot and 18 -70mm for the portrait orientation.
mmm I like them both
the erosion of watery time tells quite a story
Yes… ancient artwork – water carving it’s path, tumbling, smoothing, rounding out stone and riverbeds 🙂 Thanks for visiting Moondust .
Good to see both versions but I can’t choose between them 🙂
As always, appreciate your comments 🙂 This challenge’s fairly subjective 🙂 The scene is set in the Cedarberg – quite an arid area with wide horizons…. water and space tend to overide other aspects.
I like both, but prefer the first one? It’s difficult to choose…!
Thanks for the feedback. The first is edging ahead as preferred choice. It’s an interesting exercise – makes one more aware of perspective 🙂
A perfect example of varying perspective and composition. Like others I too prefer the first one more. Perhaps because it focuses more on the foreground which has some really interesting shapes and patterns and it fills up most of the space in the frame thereby giving one a feeling of actually being in that place:)
Thanks for the feedback, Uday. This week’s challenge was a useful one… good to analyse what works and pay attention to detail. I find i tend to see the horizontal plane more readily than the vertical… good to get your comment on the foreground 🙂
“In an area which has minimal rain,
the river ‘speaks’ ,,,”
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I would like to cool my feet there…
Think you would enjoy it… Special place of the San Bushmen – their rock art is close by and you’d probably be tempted to stay awhile cooling those feet ….