Quiet Village
When we first start out in photography we have a tenancy to include more information in our photographs than is necessary; too much sky, too much foreground, etc. The photographer needs to say to themselves what in this scene interests me so much that I want to photograph it? Then they must eliminate everything else that is not important in the telling of the story.
This image from Asia has a nice feeling of an exotic location. I like the placement of the small gathering of buildings off to the left side of the composition. The riverbank and the trees work well as a leading line to the subject. The color in the brown river is a nice rich hue.
The first suggestion I would make is to reduce the amount of sky. It has very little detail and is not important to the photograph. At the same time some of the sky reflection in the river can be cropped out. This will allow the viewer to concentrate on the subject, the river bank and the village. If the photographer has access to a computer with Photoshop or some other photography software I would suggest using the burning tool to darken the nice blue hills to give them more body. This would also help the lighter areas of the river.
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