[Octane (Humayun)]

Troy,

Thanks, mate.

I found a whole bunch of other shots that I also took of the same area and I look forward to processing and presenting them soon.

Originally Posted by troypiggo

It's beautiful. Love the foreground interest, milky water, and as you mentioned the light is nice and soft.

Mike,

Thanks! You're the second person to mention to me that it resembles a geyser.

Originally Posted by iceman

Stunning image, H.

LOL it almost looks like a geiser!

Jeanette,

I didn't do anything -- it was all New Zealand!

Thanks for viewing and commenting.

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Once again you've come up with another beauty.
Thanks for sharing.

Kerrie,

I think you're seeing what I intended -- I do try to have foreground/middle/background subjects wherever possible so that the eye can roam around the image and find something to concentrate on!

I have more to come, soon.

Originally Posted by BerrieK

Humayun you always seem to get the perfect balance of foreground, mid and back in your images to show lovely perspective and depth. Thankyou for sharing your work with us.

Along with the things described in other's comments, I really enjoy the rich colours in the wet pebbles and the way those colours expand into the larger rocks...the mix of wet / dry and strong / soft colours in the larger rocks smoothly transit to the colour and 'feel' of the milky water and beyond......ahhh beautiful.

Kerrie

Adam,

Cheers, mate. Haha, yes, the whole country could be turned into a Lord of the Rings theme park!

Originally Posted by lacad01

Captured nicely
Is that Frodo I can just make out on the other side of the bank ?

Liz,

Thank you.

Originally Posted by Liz

Yes, another beautiful shot Humayan

Dave,

Re: rule of thirds. I'm not sure if you've been viewing my other images that I've been posting, but, I do use the rule of thirds (use it in my wedding photography as well). This image is somewhat an extension of the rule in that there wasn't enough water in the image to form thirds and so the image was composed in roughly a 50/50 split, with the bottom half forming its own set of thirds.

I don't mind other people's interpretations of my own images (in fact I'd love to see what other people can do), but, to be honest (with no offense intended) I don't think your crop works. It's removed the visual impact of the juxtaposing elements as Kerrie's mentioned above.

I do have a version of the image which was composed with the waterfall off to the side, but, it's got some blown-out sky in it which I'll have to fix somehow.

Originally Posted by dpastern

I like it Humayan, although I feel that there's too much going on at the bottom of the frame. The lighting is quite nice. Oh, I personally feel the image is a bit too centered. I personally would have cropped a bit tighter, see the attached image for what I mean. I guess it's very much a personal preference.

Dave

edit: I also meant to mention that you'll see that I've used the rule of thirds for both the water and the waterfal. Whilst these are rules (and rules are meant to be broken), they generally do work well with landscapes from my experience.

Ric,

Thank you. I think it's the colour of the water and the glow over the rocks and water, which helps with the surreal feel. When I look at the high resolution images, I like to think of them as paintings. I can't paint or draw for crap, but, I can pretend that it's my painting.

Originally Posted by Ric

Great image Humayun, I like the effect with water, very surreal.

Cheers

Ron,

I agree. Cheers.

Originally Posted by astroron

Dave , Your rendition looks too squashed in My opinion.
I prefer the more open version.

Thank you everyone for looking and commenting.

Regards,
Humayun