A Buttermere reflection

[alfbranch]

Well this is unusual for me as it is in summer but the forecast was for light winds and I was off work anyway so I went out and was pretty much on my own

Buttermere morning reflections by Alf Branch, on Flickr

What do you think?

 

[dcash29]

Very nice image Alf. However after a couple of views, my eye gets drawn to the mountain top right or water bottom left.

 

[SFTPhotography]

Summer works well for pictures- you should venture out more in summer.

Not a bad effort at all. A stiller reflection would have been my choice though

 

[dcash29]

Summer works well for pictures- you should venture out more in summer.

Not a bad effort at all. A stiller reflection would have been my choice though

Unfortunately they dont come to order

 

[TGphoto]

Nice composition but as above, needs a stiller reflection or an LE to smooth out the water a bit.

For me the left side of the images is a bit dull and could do with some work with brushes to bring it to life a big more.

 

[dcash29]

I quite like the ripples, gives the foreground some interest

 

[SFTPhotography]

Unfortunately they dont come to order

They don't - you have to pick the very stillest of still days to achieve them - and even then...

I quite like the ripples, gives the foreground some interest

We're all different - it's all about the perfect mirror look

Nice composition but as above, needs a stiller reflection or an LE to smooth out the water a bit.

I would normally agree - the problem here is there appears to be ducks in the frame on the left - a long exp would leave all sort of smear marks from them moving and there are trees/distant folliage - chances of that lot moving during a long exp and leaving a slight blurring is possible - this sort of thing shows at 100% on full frame files - so I'd probably go with what the OP did and take a few more as it got stiller and keeping these as a fall back.

 

[dcash29]

We're all different - it's all about the perfect mirror look

I was referring to the word 'choice'. The OP didnt have a choice. Its now obvious, you meant that you prefer a still water reflection

 

[smr]

Tbh I sometimes get bored of the perfect mirror images.

I can see perfectly the subject in its proper form without the need to see it again upside down.

I'm not against perfect reflections but it doesnt mean a photograph fails if they are without them.

Ripples can add contrast, interest and texture.

 

[jon3r]

great shot

 

[Graham]

Can`t complain about this shot Alf, very pleasing to my eye`s

 

[alfbranch]

Thanks all glad you like it

 

[Stephen L]

Very nice scene, although it seems just a little unbalanced laterally, as @TGphoto suggests.

 

[Stuart Mc]

Like that Alf, the slight ripple gives it a nice bit of interest - top of high crag pulls me eye though, I'd either crop in or would have composed without it. Would be fine if the cloud had obscured it but as is it draws the eye a bit and doesn't contribute

 

[Mick616]

well it works for me Alf, love it.

 

[Graham00]

Lovely shot, i do love the way in autumn sun, lights up that end before it rises higher and fills all of the mountains, i haven't been there for years but i fancy sending my drone across, just above the water for a closer than normal shot.