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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Jeremy Roussak on July 16, 2015, 04:01:23 pm

Title: dead horse dead tree
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on July 16, 2015, 04:01:23 pm

Thoughts?

Jeremy

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Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on July 16, 2015, 04:26:04 pm

Very nice!

Toning seems like a LensWork recipe? Might work well in print, but I prefer something slightly less reddish.

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Post by: Diego Pigozzo on July 16, 2015, 05:14:25 pm

I have to say that the composition doesn't work very well for me,
What I mean is that the tree looks too big for me and it frustrates my exploration of the background by obstructing certain features (like the "end" of the left clift and the upper part of the right river).

But, again, it's probably just my personal interests that are getting in the way.

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Post by: Rajan Parrikar on July 16, 2015, 08:49:08 pm

Excellent image.

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Post by: churly on July 17, 2015, 12:17:33 am

Nice one Jeremy.  There is a bit of tension between the foreground and background but for this shot, it works.

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Post by: ErikKaffehr on July 17, 2015, 01:43:40 am

Hi,

Great composition and good processing!

Best regards
Erik

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Post by: stamper on July 17, 2015, 03:50:44 am

This certainly works for me and I agree with ErikKaffehr.

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Post by: Bob_B on July 17, 2015, 09:49:45 am

+1. I agree with Erik and stamper. I like the tension, and the tree with all its twisted branches is a real treat.

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Post by: Arlen on July 18, 2015, 08:52:21 pm

Add one more admirer. I like this a lot.

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Post by: BobDavid on July 19, 2015, 02:25:30 am

Very nice!

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Post by: Jeremy Roussak on July 19, 2015, 02:07:27 pm

Thanks, all. Well spotted, Slobodan: it is indeed lensworks' toning recipe. Normally I find it too much but it seemed to work here, where everything is actually pretty red.

I want to go back to Dead Horse Point. I barely even scratched the surface of its potential, and the light wasn't brilliant when I was there, after watching sunrise at Mesa Arch.

Jeremy

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Post by: Hidden Grid on July 22, 2015, 11:52:48 pm

Nice!