"That photograph would look a lot better if the tree was on the left, not the right..."
My problem is, whenever I shot a photograph like this and have an idea to flop it or overly modify it, I am never satisfied with the results; I probably get too attached to the original image, and think it's too "fake" if it's flopped, etc. My other problem, specific to some of the locations I use, is that I've spent a lot of time climbing, hiking, exploring, and experiencing some of these areas. Knowing every rock and feature of the landscape, flopping or otherwise modifying the image just doesn't work for me.
[ photograph above: Obsidian, 1994 ]
