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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: Rick Waldroup on May 23, 2017, 21:49:20

Title: Lake Meridian
Post by: Rick Waldroup on May 23, 2017, 21:49:20
Lake Meridian - Meridian, Texas - May 22, 2017

(http://www.rickwphotography.com/img/s10/v107/p2337305911-5.jpg)


(http://www.rickwphotography.com/img/s12/v172/p2337305903-5.jpg)
Title: Re: Lake Meridian
Post by: armando_m on May 23, 2017, 21:57:04
wow , really like the second one !
first is also very nice

Very nice silhouettes
Title: Re: Lake Meridian
Post by: Fons Baerken on May 23, 2017, 22:12:26
Your images to me, look like stills from a movies
Title: Re: Lake Meridian
Post by: Mongo on May 24, 2017, 01:08:28
True silhouettes are rare. These are excellent; particularly #1
Title: Re: Lake Meridian
Post by: Akira on May 24, 2017, 01:26:11
These images have the universal appeal, regardless of the cultural backgrounds or religions.
Title: Re: Lake Meridian
Post by: Rick Waldroup on May 24, 2017, 11:19:11
Thanks for all of the comments.  I do not usually shoot stuff like this, big cities are more of my type of playground. 8) 

Both of the photos were shot just a bit before sunset.  The sky in the first shot was really that dramatic.  I simply underexposed in the camera by at least two stops to really showcase the sky and bring the foreground into deep shadow creating the silhouette.  Same thing for the second shot of the kids playing. 
Title: Re: Lake Meridian
Post by: golunvolo on May 24, 2017, 11:51:22
Fantastic graphic quality. I like your choices a lot.

  Thanks Rick!
Title: Re: Lake Meridian
Post by: Bjørn Rørslett on May 24, 2017, 12:11:10
In particular the second one has strong impact and encapsulates a story on its own.
Title: Re: Lake Meridian
Post by: Les Olson on May 24, 2017, 12:26:38
I say this a lot, but I prefer both flipped horizontally, because that creates more tension.  I have taken the liberty of flipping your shots to illustrate - I hope you don't mind.

Title: Re: Lake Meridian
Post by: Bjørn Rørslett on May 24, 2017, 13:05:18
Depends on the external context and culture, for example, whether one "reads" images  left-right or right-left.

The suggested flipping didn't work at all for me.
Title: Re: Lake Meridian
Post by: Nasos Kosmas on May 24, 2017, 18:24:50
Right  turn works for me also
Nice photos  #2 most
Title: Re: Lake Meridian
Post by: John Geerts on May 24, 2017, 21:15:22
Great shots, especially the 'original' 2 with the kids playing.
Title: Re: Lake Meridian
Post by: Rick Waldroup on May 24, 2017, 23:29:03
Thanks for the comments. 

The flipping of the photos did not seem to do much for me, but whatever works for you, Les, is fine with me. :)
Title: Re: Lake Meridian
Post by: pluton on May 25, 2017, 03:00:38
You've made beautiful and striking use of solid black in the compositions. So many photographers seem to crave bold, solid blacks in their finished photos but seem to place them obsessively in all darker areas or shadows that appear in the shot.