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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: sdwilsonsct on July 29, 2012, 03:14:42 am

Title: Cottongrass
Post by: sdwilsonsct on July 29, 2012, 03:14:42 am

Another try at "plant in a landscape", taken recently.
Questions:
sun: too much? exclude during composition? wait till it's further down?
lens flare: remove?
wimpy trees on the right: exclude during composition?

Thanks for looking.

Title: Re: Cottongrass
Post by: Tony Jay on July 29, 2012, 05:30:29 am

Scott, this is a delightful image of a very pretty place.

You have raised several questions for consideration.
My only comment would be to possibly remove the pink and green flares if possible.
Nonetheless this is a very good image and the suggestion is a very small one.

Regards

Tony Jay

Title: Re: Cottongrass
Post by: Justan on July 29, 2012, 10:27:16 am

Gorgeous work!

Title: Re: Cottongrass
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on July 29, 2012, 10:49:04 am

Quote from: sdwilsonsct on July 29, 2012, 03:14:42 am

Another try at "plant in a landscape", taken recently.
Questions:
sun: too much? exclude during composition? wait till it's further down?
lens flare: remove?
wimpy trees on the right: exclude during composition?

It's a very pretty image. I think it would be improved by all three of the suggestions you yourself make. The sun is important but there's just a bit too much of it, which I suspect would be less of an issue were you to wait a short time - a few minutes only, I'd guess. A small crop on the right wouldn't hurt. Of the three, the flare is the least troublesome.

Jeremy

Title: Re: Cottongrass
Post by: sdwilsonsct on July 30, 2012, 01:34:52 am

Thank you, Tony, Justan and Jeremy.

Title: Re: Cottongrass
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on July 30, 2012, 04:21:49 am

I like the inclusion of the sun and even of the flare. It adds extra warmth to the scene.