Eildon Weir

[bendle]

High in the hills on perfect photography weather, i love these clouds.

[John Geerts]

Amazing sharp view. Dreamery, painterish with effect of the clouds on the landscape and the 'still' of the water.   No wind ?

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Here I'm confused as to what the main subject is intended to be? The clouds are nice and occupy half the frame, the regulated reservoir with its washed-out eroded shores is not equally so but the landscape containing the lake fills the other half of the frame. So what is it going to be? You should not leave the decision to the viewer alone.

I suspect part of the issue is not having a long enough focal length to make the reservoir stand out better, or not being able to get closer. Alternatively,  going all in for the clouds and let the hilly landscape just be an anchoring element.

The weather situation is nice for landscape work, I agree to that ... Must be pretty clear air as well to show distant detail with some clarity.

[Fons Baerken]

At times thats the problem with photography all the elements seem perfect but a leading motiv is missing.

[pluton]

I have many, many shots that are of a given scene, but with no single subject.  I still shoot them, but I'm trying to cut back.  Sometimes one is very eager to fire the camera at [almost]anything.

[HCS]

I've looked at this a couple of times now. For me, the star is the golden shore line on the right hand side, but it's not a grande dame. So, i understand the other remarks about not having a "dominant" subject.

However, i'm not sure what's happened to the image, but to me it looks oversharpened. Could be me, or the compression on this side (if there is any), but it kinda gives me an uneasy feeling.

[Frank Fremerey]

Is this flowing water?

[John Geerts]

Or long exposuretime?

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Just wind buffeting the water surface.

Reservoirs are non-natural anywhere in the world, leading to the ugly eroded shores, but their water behaves normally

[bendle]

I photographed a tiny section, as it is 3885 square kilometres in size. The colour on the lake edges is clay. Is has several rivers running into it, the main river
flowing into the weir is the Goulburn and is used as irrigation. I don't think photo is  over sharpened as the bush surrounding the lake is very dense.  Thanks for your comments.

[Frank Fremerey]

Reservoir? I see a very interesting water surface and a bit dull mixdown which is perfectly fixable.

[bendle]

The surface is being blown by the wind that is why it looks strange.