another lake shot

[lynnma]

OK OK.. enough already of the lake shots.. but.... I can't help it. Are these empty lake shots boring? the reason I like them is cos they are empty.. but your comments are welcome and if you find them boring or blah.. please tell me and I can work on this addiction:rofl

http://Lynn.smugmug.com/photos/88373688-L.jpg

[illuminati919]

AMAZING, they are definitely not boring, beautiful work, comp, color, feeling, and all. :thumb

[ChrisJ]

Hi Lynn, it's a nice lake, very serene looking. The dark clouds are a bit foreboding. Nothing particularly grabs me, but it's nice. :dunno

[Ric Grupe]

I'm paddling my canoe towards the warmth while wondering what is around the point.

And.....I definitely am not bored. :D

[Antonio Correia]

Lyn,
Boring ? Beautiful.
:)::thumb

[crow]

i think you got nice range of colors here and the clouds definately add some drama but maybe some human element or a flock of geese would add something more

[Izak]

Beautiful sky!!

[Owen]

I'd crop out the bottom leaves.

[Nikolai]

I'd crop out the bottom leaves.
.. and would straighten the horizon ...
Just MHO...

[Ric Grupe]

.. and would straighten the horizon ...
Just MHO...

The horizon is straight.

The water gives it the illusion of not being. The water line need not be straight. At least I haven't seen to many that are.

[DoctorIt]

I'm gonna venture to say thats not even a lake... a reservoir perhaps? :wave

[Antonio Correia]

The horizon is straight.

The water gives it the illusion of not being. The water line need not be straight. At least I haven't seen to many that are.
Ric. Forgive me !
Look at the horizon line. :huh
:): :thumb

[Ric Grupe]

Ric. Forgive me !
Look at the horizon line. :huh
:): :thumb

That is not the horizon.

http://rickay.smugmug.com/photos/88626142-L.jpg

The horizon is the line that separates earth from sky. More precisely, it is the line that divides all of the directions you can possibly look into, into two categories: those which intersect the Earth, and those which do not. At many locations, the true horizon is obscured by trees, buildings, mountains, etc. The resulting intersection of earth and sky is instead known as the visible horizon. However, if you are on a ship at sea, the true horizon is strikingly apparent. ...

[Nikolai]

Sorry, Lynn, my bad!

[Ric Grupe]

Sorry, Lynn, my bad!

Nik, please read my edit.

I think I am right ..... if I am not, then please convince me. :D

[wolfies]

Lynn great shot I like the light reflecting off the lake and all the different texture in the clouds

[Ric Grupe]

I'm gonna venture to say thats not even a lake... a reservoir perhaps? :wave

A reservoir is a dam lake. :rofl

[Antonio Correia]

That is not the horizon.

http://rickay.smugmug.com/photos/88626142-L.jpg

The horizon is the line that separates earth from sky. More precisely, it is the line that divides all of the directions you can possibly look into, into two categories: those which intersect the Earth, and those which do not. At many locations, the true horizon is obscured by trees, buildings, mountains, etc. The resulting intersection of earth and sky is instead known as the visible horizon. However, if you are on a ship at sea, the true horizon is strikingly apparent. ...

Ric.
You are right. But the general feeling is that the horizon is a little bit tilted.... :):
Just a question of detail, exagerated may be...:dunno
:): - :thumb

[Antonio Correia]

One more thing:
Sometimes, tilted horizon is a good solution :):
http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/gallery/1676177/1/80717895

For example.

:thumb

[Nikolai]

Nik, please read my edit.
I think I am right ..... if I am not, then please convince me. :D

And I also agree, shoreline on the lakes can be tricky and it *is* different from the true horizon...

I had even stronger effect with this shot of Mono Lake:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/76033817-M.jpg

where other dgrinners suggested that I should evel the image, too :):

If you check the tufa towers, they are vertical, but the water looks skewed....

[Ric Grupe]

And I also agree, shoreline on the lakes can be tricky and it *is* different from the true horizon...

I had even stronger effect with this shot of Mono Lake:

where other dgrinners suggested that I should evel the image, too :):

If you check the tufa towers, they are vertical, but the water looks skewed....

That is precisely how I came to realise this myself. I was arbitrarily straightening my shoreline shots using the waterline as a reference....then the trees were tilted!!! :rofl