Viren Bhatia, QPSA
November 2025 - Soaking in the Morning Sun
About the Image(s)
This image was taken in Inner Mongolia, China early morning. The image was taken at aperture f9 using a tripod at focal length of 190m.
The image has traditional mongolian ger (house) in a countryside environment with the smoke billowing out of it.
Not sure if this qualifies for this Digital Dialog Group with the human element but I always lime to add a human element wherever possible.
1 comment posted
Hi Viren. This is a lovely scene. There is nothing wrong with the human element. To me the image is about the scene, not the person. The person is an important supporting element that helps provide a focus, allowing us a starting point to explore out from.
It seems like you are already a ways away at 190mm, so composing less of the scene might not have been possible. But were it so, I like the scene without the carts at the left, and with less sky. Limited to that, for me the image is simpler and seems to tell of the figure shown contemplating the wonderful start of the day surrounded by a warm lovely scene of nature. It is as if we are being invited to enjoy the morning and landscape along side the figure.
I might also clone the vegetation at the bottom right edge, although it took me quite some time before I saw it and thought about that, so perhaps not needed.
Posted: 11/16/2025 23:10:28
It seems like you are already a ways away at 190mm, so composing less of the scene might not have been possible. But were it so, I like the scene without the carts at the left, and with less sky. Limited to that, for me the image is simpler and seems to tell of the figure shown contemplating the wonderful start of the day surrounded by a warm lovely scene of nature. It is as if we are being invited to enjoy the morning and landscape along side the figure.
I might also clone the vegetation at the bottom right edge, although it took me quite some time before I saw it and thought about that, so perhaps not needed.
Posted: 11/16/2025 23:10:28