gasping for air
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Thanks to your comments on my request for help, I think I'm starting to understand what's going wrong. This was my first attempt with these new ideas. Still not perfect, but much better.
I can see a few obvious flaws. First is that, by including the overcast sky's reflection in the water, I required more dynamic range than was available. This is almost the same as including the sky itself, except that the water mutes the brightness a bit.
Additionally, for the aperture that I used, I can't get the depth of field I desired. I imagined that the focal distance I choose would land the foreground of the image at least very close to in focus. In reality this didn't happen. I've cropped this image to the 8×10 format buy chopping off a chunk on the bottom. This helped quite a bit because it was that portion of the image that wasn't in focus. However, I wish I could have used this full frame. If I would have used a longer focal length and a slightly smaller aperture, I think I would havew nailed this one.
Your comments, once again, are appreciated.
