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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Timo Löfgren on September 10, 2009, 02:32:26 pm

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Post by: Timo Löfgren on September 10, 2009, 02:32:26 pm
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Post by: RSL on September 10, 2009, 02:54:07 pm
Timo, The second one just brings on some mild nostalgia for my youth in northern Michigan, but the first one is an exceptionally fine piece of work. The light is wonderful, the composition is balanced, the color is good, and the fog in the background adds a kind of delicacy that draws me into the picture. Bravo!
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Post by: Jeremy Payne on September 10, 2009, 03:21:30 pm
LOVE the first one.  Gorgeous.
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Post by: JeffKohn on September 10, 2009, 04:35:30 pm
Echoing the others I really like the first shot. I love this kind of soft light, and the soft colors that often go along with it. The fog is a nice touch, and I really like the symmetry of the composition with the fence line mirroring the path.

The second shot seems like a fairly standard "aspens in autumn" shot; nice, but familiar.
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Post by: cmi on September 10, 2009, 04:57:07 pm
Wow man, esp. the first. But also the second is damned fine.

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Post by: Colorwave on September 10, 2009, 09:18:46 pm
Piling on.  A very good shot (#2), and a great shot (#1).  These are keepers.
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Post by: John R on September 10, 2009, 09:41:28 pm
Not much to add, great shots. Looks like an early autumn for you.

JMR
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Post by: AndrewKulin on September 10, 2009, 10:08:01 pm
I'm with the rest - 1st shot preferred.

Andrew
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Post by: jasonrandolph on September 11, 2009, 12:40:48 am
The first one is spectacular!  The second one doesn't do much for me.
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Post by: Ed Blagden on September 11, 2009, 03:02:00 am
I just love #1: the converging lines of the fence posts and the road melting away into the mist make the image for me.

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Post by: wolfnowl on September 12, 2009, 03:59:04 am
I'm beginning to feel like a salmon here!  I like the first one, it's really well done, but I prefer the second.  To each his or her own...!

Mike.
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Post by: pete_truman on September 12, 2009, 07:00:04 am
Love the first one. Just want to jump straight into the picture and go see what's there at the end of the road. Marvellous.
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Post by: DarkPenguin on September 12, 2009, 12:34:16 pm
I like the second one quite a bit.  All the dark stuff in the foreground of the first bugs me.  Other than that it is nice.
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Post by: vorlich on September 13, 2009, 07:57:43 am
If either of these shots had come from my camera, I'd be very happy.
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Post by: Christos Andronis on September 14, 2009, 09:34:40 am
Timo,

Both images are really good. If I had to choose one that would be the first one. Two suggestions on your first image: I think that the sky doesn't add too much to the overall feeling of the image so you may want to crop it so that the image becomes (almost) square. Also, the bottom part contains a lot of very dark shadows which you may want to lighten a bit.

Regards,

- Christos
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Post by: cmi on September 14, 2009, 09:54:49 am
And I thought the sky makes it special  
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 14, 2009, 10:00:47 am
Quote from: Christian Miersch
And I thought the sky makes it special  
Me too. Leave it as it is!
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Post by: Jeremy Payne on September 14, 2009, 10:07:35 am
Quote from: EricM
Me too. Leave it as it is!
Me, three!

Don't touch it.
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Post by: cmi on September 14, 2009, 11:32:23 am
I re-thought it. The current version of #1 is very nice (as was mentioned many times) but a square like Christos suggested indeed works for me too.