Sunrise

[Fly Fishing Rick]

I hope it's ok to post a landscape photo in this section... I woke up early this morning and took a drive down to Letchworth State Park to catch the sunrise. I don't usually do much landscape stuff but I really liked this composition when I came across it. I found the road on the left side to be somewhat distracting but I didn't want to crop in either so I removed the road in photo 2 instead. I'd like to know which photo y'all prefer and would appreciate any other feedback as well.

Photo 1

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Photo 2

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[Patrick M]

I’d have moved to the Landscape section had you not asked..
I never noticed the road, but I do think your edited version looks better.

 

[MrFotoFool]

I like the mood - great misty scene. I also like the edited version with grass on the road. The only thing that I find mildly distracting is the footpath leads into the dead center of the frame. I would like to see the end where it goes out of picture to be a bit more to the left for rule of thirds. Maybe this could be achieved if you had moved your position a bit to your left (eg a few feet further up the road) so that you could aim a bit more to the right, so that the path would still lead in from camera right but end up leading out near camera left? Just a thought.

 

[Fly Fishing Rick]

I like the mood - great misty scene. I also like the edited version with grass on the road. The only thing that I find mildly distracting is the footpath leads into the dead center of the frame. I would like to see the end where it goes out of picture to be a bit more to the left for rule of thirds. Maybe this could be achieved if you had moved your position a bit to your left (eg a few feet further up the road) so that you could aim a bit more to the right, so that the path would still lead in from camera right but end up leading out near camera left? Just a thought.

Thanks for the suggestion, I plan to go back and try this composition again and I'll keep this in mind when I do.

 

[jeffnles1]

I like both of your edits. Without knowing about the road I would like number 2. However, I like number 1 because it was there and adds more to the sense of time and place.

Jeff