Giverny, France

Argee
Posted 26/05/2010 - 15:19 Link
Taken on a visit to Claude Monet's garden - lovely place, apart from the crowds of very small children with their teachers. A little early for the little ones to appreciate the beauty and surroundings, I'd have thought. Good day out for the teachers, I suppose!

Anyway, your thoughts would be appreciated.

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bwlchmawr
Posted 26/05/2010 - 17:17 Link
A wonderful spot. Very historic and photogenic.
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hefty1
Posted 26/05/2010 - 18:08 Link
It's a nice picture and a lovely setting but the wrong time of day I feel - the sky facing you was too bright to ever hope to get a balanced exposure, whereas if the Sun had been at your back...

Still, we can't always have perfect lighting or there'd be no fun in photography.
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Edited by hefty1: 26/05/2010 - 18:09
Argee
Posted 26/05/2010 - 19:03 Link
Point taken. Do you think this is any better?

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hefty1
Posted 26/05/2010 - 23:58 Link
I prefer the exposure of the second one but I prefer the composition of the first as there's more foreground interest - maybe cut the bottom off the second to give it a more letterbox style crop? Just above those two nearest patches of lillies so there's still some blue sky in the reflection but not too much.
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fatspider
Posted 27/05/2010 - 00:08 Link
Gorgeous spot for photography, I think you did quite well given the direction of lighting, I agree with Hefty the composition of the first shot is very pleasing, shame about the bland sky.
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darlene
Posted 28/05/2010 - 02:12 Link
# 1 is my favorite shot but a bit over lite...Still a lovly shot.

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