Shirley, as a member of group 4, I don't usually intrude on another study group, but I couldn't ignore your question. I went to Inle lake some years ago, and captured an image in the fog of one of the traditional fisherman with his foot around the oar and holding the net. I thought I captured exactly what and how they fish. My group thought it might have been staged( it wasn't), but I submitted the image for competition and not only did it get no acceptances, but it got low scores in relation to the cut-off. Go figure what prejudices the judges in any contest come to the bar with. So I would say, consider yourself lucky you got acceptances.   Posted: 10/04/2024 15:31:23

Shirley, I do think this image is a bit busy and yes, there is the man in the middle, but I love it! I like the reflections in the water, the hills and the structure on the left. I tried cropping all the houses on the left but it looked cut off. I like the right side cropped to the light roof. Just a thought!
I have looked at this photo many times!   Posted: 10/07/2024 23:05:39

Shirley, I love this photo. I personally would not change a thing, to get the subject off center.
I have found that there is such a variance between judgings regarding the same photo. What one judge likes, the others don't. Very subjective on what gets accepted.

I am not familiar with Inle Lake, but I assume that it would be difficult to get this photograph today in Myanmar?   Posted: 10/19/2024 13:55:44

A very fine travel image Shirley, having been there I can tell this is "life on the lake". I think your main subject is just enough off centre and the structures on both edges help frame your composition, and the reflection adds much interest in the lower part of your frame. I took something similar but have not entered a salon with it yet!   Posted: 10/20/2024 15:16:51

Great image. The only suggestion is wait and see if she would face you. Probably a long wait since the boat is headed away from you.   Posted: 10/21/2024 14:08:11

I love this image. Great sense of place. But I'm not sure I'd want to live there (I'm partial to dry land under my feet). To Rich's suggestion, perhaps you could have called out to her? The curvy reflections are great!   Posted: 10/24/2024 06:00:09

Shirley, this is a nice image and the person being in the center is not that off-putting. BTW, we are not supposed to put accepted images in a study/DD or discussion groups according to the guidelines. I am glad to see the picture anyway. The founder of my club lived in Burma as a child. I would love to have seen the country, but never will now. You are lucky to have seen it.   Posted: 10/26/2024 19:02:20

Remember this is a picture from a travel photography tutorial, I have a deep memory!   Posted: 10/27/2024 22:14:25

That is my photo so I must have submitted it to Nadia for use in one of her classes. I appreciate your submitting your thoughts but do disagree with some of your statements that the photo does not show any cultural characteristics of a certain place. Certainly anyone who has been to Inle Lake, Myanmar recognizes it but not only that, the "house" on the left is a Buddhist temple on the lake and has some features exhibiting that; the boat and operator are dressed in local Asian clothes, the houses on stilts could be other places but I think it clearly shows an Asian place. A photo travel image does not have to show specifically where a photo is taken, just to have some cultural reference. If the temple was not included, and if the dress and boat wasn't included so that it was just the houses on stilts, I might agree.
But thanks for your comments..   Posted: 10/29/2024 23:28:35