scenic and a question

**TimS** · 28 August 2022, 03:44 PM

I really need to work with Xara much more than I have been to get back into it.
I tried to create a somewhat foggy day and a view from the distance.
try as I may, I couldn't figure out what, if any, foreground would work. So, the question is, does this stand alone or in your opinion does it need a foreground, and if so, what. Eager to hear from you.

**Acorn** · 28 August 2022, 04:27 PM

Tim, tricky.
At present, the viewer seems to be in the lake. You would expect ripples from them or a boat.
If there are none, there has to be a jetty.

My best punt is to try and show the shallows:

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Apologies for messing up a nice scene.

Acorn

**TimS** · 28 August 2022, 04:45 PM

Great point, love it

**gwpriester** · 28 August 2022, 09:07 PM

Or have a few stylized cat tails in the foreground.

**TimS** · 29 August 2022, 07:19 PM

Thanks Gary, another great idea!!

**handrawn** · 30 August 2022, 05:47 AM

a leaping fish ?

**Boy** · 30 August 2022, 10:52 AM

Some branches of a pine tree?

**Egg Bramhill** · 30 August 2022, 02:30 PM

My effort:

**TimS** · 31 August 2022, 01:08 AM

Egg, 5 stars, Love it brings something in focus in the foreground and along with the shallow water really helps this image. Talkgraphics to the rescue again!!

**gwpriester** · 31 August 2022, 11:40 AM

There's another consideration for the object in the foreground that this depends on whether or not it is the focal point or just there to add depth to the image.

The object in the foreground could be dark and in silhouette.