Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Jeremy Roussak on February 24, 2013, 07:45:47 am
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Sycamore, I think, at Lyme Park in Cheshire. Comments welcome, as usual.
Jeremy
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Do you really need that much foreground to establish the tree is atop a hill? Try a narrower vertical with about 1/2 the bottom cut off.
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Do you really need that much foreground to establish the tree is atop a hill? Try a narrower vertical with about 1/2 the bottom cut off.
Even a "squarer" crop. The foreground is distracting to me, but I tried holding my hand up to block half the f/g and felt that would be stronger.
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I like it in B&W.
Bruce
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I like it in B&W.
Bruce
Me too. I like the way the B&W version enhances the form of the tree and the rendering of the light is quite nice.
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I would also go B&W. With the color version, I'd either darken the foreground or remove some of it.
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One of the things that keeps drawing me back to this forum is the variety of views that people are able to take of the same scene.
Your opinions on this one are starkly different from mine, which is fascinating. I'd spent some time opening up the shadows on the foreground because I liked the way the light played on the tufts of grass; and I also liked the warmth of the sunlight on the trunk of the tree, which is why I'd not gone for a b&w rendering (normally one of the first things I try).
Thank you, all. Food for thought indeed.
Jeremy
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I agree with you Jeremy, the foreground ( for me) adds some visual interest, it is not just a tree on a hill anymore, there is life all around highlighted by the sun.
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I've been coming back to it for two days now, trying to make up my mind. My first reaction was the same as Riaan's, and I'm back there again. It's a beautiful tree, but the foreground is an important part of the picture. I'll vote for the very first version.
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I agree with you Jeremy, the foreground ( for me) adds some visual interest, it is not just a tree on a hill anymore, there is life all around highlighted by the sun.
Agreed. And the color version is just right for me.