Impressionism

[Columbarius]

I'd be very interested in your feedback on this. Autumn colours, a slow shutter speed, and a touch of camera movement have combined to make an almost Impressionist image. What do you think?

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[lunarbo]

Oooh good, a Marmite image !

I love the water ,and the shrubbery, agree it's very Impressionistic

But for me the bird needs to be sharp

[Columbarius]

I agree, decidedly Marmite. And normally I wouldn't dream of posting an unsharp bird image on this forum (though it's got less dogmatic than it used to be) but there's something about the overall impression....

It will be interesting to hear some other views.

[Lavenderhill]

Great pic. The photographic side of me agrees the bird could perhaps be a little sharper but the artistic side (which wins for this one) loves it just the way it is.
I’d print and frame it.
Rose

[Trev B]

I like it, the bird is small in the frame so detail would not show if it were there.

[Farider]

I think that it works very well just as it is; you don’t need the bird to be sharp, it’s better as you have it. A lovely shot.

Ian

[Bill53]

Very nice Russell, would make an excellent large canvas print.

[Daisy M]

I love the colours in the shot they go so well with the grey of the heron, but I am with Bo would like the bird sharper.

[Columbarius]

Thank you everyone for your feedback, very helpful. I think Bo summed it up well as "marmite". Now where did I put the toast & butter?

[Brian Sugden]

I too think the heron should be sharper, though it is perfectly positioned against the dark background. For me the heron is too central and I would crop a bit off the right hand side. Your eye is also dragged towards the bush on the right hand edge. What's the reflection in front of the bird?

[Columbarius]

Thank you for your constructive critique Brian. I have room to shift the image slightly right to remove the bush, and agree that helps. I hadn't really noticed the light patch until you mentioned it. Then of course it drew my eye every time. It's actually a reflection of a building some distance away, I did a little spot replacement on that. Nothing I can really do about the sharpness of the heron without making look awful so I'm afraid I'm stuck with that.

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So this is how it looks now.

Russell

[antoeknee]

Edit is an improvement. For me the sharpness of the heron isn't an issue, nice image.

[Brian Sugden]

A definite improvement. As the heron is so small in the frame sharpness is not really an issue.