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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 96 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Thank you all for your comments. I agree that I should have crouched down and shot so that the cows were under the tree. However, I disagree with the loss of the fence. I like my fence. I want my fence to add a barrier between the viewer and the aetherial world beyond ... and I like that it breaks the image up into four regions. Clearly not a common objective :-) but that is where I stand. |
Oct 23rd |
| 96 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Personally I am always drawn to images that have clear quadrants and here I see three with a lovely diagonal pointing us to the center. The floor of leaves is a delight - I might have dodged the dark edges to give it more definition.
For me, the light across the path is a great transition point between the relatively light foreground and the dark wood beyond. |
Oct 17th |
| 96 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Emily - you set a challenge - how can a boy resist!?
My take is based on the color Efex Pro - tonal contrast - tool which digs out a lot from those clouds. Then a curves to play with the lighting - and some dodging in the mid and high ranges to bring out the whites in the sea and clouds.
My crop removes the light sky on the left edge - and keeps the horizon and the vertical light path on rules of thirds as you had them. |
Oct 17th |
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| 96 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
There is beauty is here and I think the lighting and exposure and tonality and all those technical aspects are faultless.
I think there may be too much. I see two subjects: the leaves and the trunks - and I too prefer the trunks feeling that the foliage shouts over them. So to retain balance between these two elements I would, myself, deemphasize the leaves and cut closer: either lopping off top third of the trees of coming in as shown here. |
Oct 17th |
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| 96 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Dan, so happy you moved the sun behind the central tree; it is beautifully timed with the weather atmospherics. I see the triangle of the trees and the contrast in the vertical trees, unfettered by branches, with the horizontal line of the ground mist (such clear linearity).
Two suggestions is that I would try a closer crop on the sides - even sacrificing a couple of trees on the right: I think the empty sides might be deemphasizing the center. And the title ... I cannot find a scream and perhaps it would be better to let the viewer set the narrative a little more. |
Oct 17th |
| 96 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
I think this is beautiful. My favorite part is the light on the peaks AND (contrary to others) the foreground features in the lower corners. While I agree they initially distract, I see them as pointers to the center, a sort of Greek chorus grabbing attention but only to highlight the main characters.
Since I like the foreground, I would prefer the water to be less dark (did you burn it?): I think the smooth water would still serve as a border while opening up the image.
Question for my learning: are these hand-held or did you swivel on a tripod? |
Oct 17th |
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