Autumn Forest

[luxborealis]

Worth pursuing? Thoughts?
Too busy? Too ...? Not enough...?

The funny thing is, it conveys exactly what I was seeing and feeling: this burst of brilliant colour amidst a darker cacophony of branches and leaves. But, for some reason, it doesn't seem quite "there".

[Bruce Cox]

Your bright reds are nice and may be arcuate, but they seem to be flattened out here online.

More variation in the leaves with a darker and duller red [for S space?] can give the scene more depth.

[Jeremy Roussak]

Worth pursuing? Thoughts?
Too busy? Too ...? Not enough...?

The funny thing is, it conveys exactly what I was seeing and feeling: this burst of brilliant colour amidst a darker cacophony of branches and leaves. But, for some reason, it doesn't seem quite "there".

I think I can make out what you were seeing, but for me it doesn't work. The photograph can't, or at least doesn't, separate the colour from the cacophony.

Jeremy

(I don't think I've ever dared say that about one of your shots before, Terry!)

[RSL]

Sorry, Terry, I'm with Jeremy on this one. It strikes me as merely pretty without much point.

[Bruce Cox]

Yes, it may be pointless, but if we darken the blues too...

[churly]

Terry - I've looked at this a couple of times but had to wait until I saw it on a large screen to comment.  I very much enjoy images like this.  It doesn't have a focal point, it doesn't have much in the way of leading lines really, so it isn't classical.  So it probably won't be a big seller.  But, this image has the essence of autumn.  The pleasure is in the unstructured beauty.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

I think Chuck has said it very well.

I liked this when I first saw it, but waited to try to figure out what to say.

Now I find it reminiscent of some of Eliot Porter's images (among his best, IMHO.) No fancy composition, just a simple, natural and beautiful spot in the woods at a nice time of year.

[D Fuller]

The pleasure is in the unstructured beauty.

I agree. This is what I see when I take a walk in the woods. I treasure that feeling. Well done.

And I concur with Eric's Eliot Porter comment.

DAF

[Arlen]

I like it, Terry. It doesn't have a lot of drama, but I think that's fine; it is very delicately presented and to me evokes a soothing mood. The specks of orange in the distant background on the upper left are a nice bonus.

[luxborealis]

Many thanks for the discussion. It's an image I will print.

And it is certainly inspired by the works of Eliot Porter. I once saw a show of his original dye transfers - nothing short of spectacular and nothing larger than 11x14" or so, if I remember correctly.

[Arlen]

Good decision. The more I come back and look at it, the more I like it.

[muntanela]

I like it, but I feel that the barycenter of the reds is a bit too high.

[stevenf]

Terry

Very nice Image. Just a thought, maybe this sort of scene needs to have more tree structure to make the image stronger. Just my 2 cents.

Steven

http://www.friedmanphoto.com

[Diego Pigozzo]

Worth pursuing? Thoughts?
Too busy? Too ...? Not enough...?

I like the way it is.
Certainly worth pursuing

[John R]

I think Steven F and Arlen have it right. I have many such images. They are good but not as strong or dynamic as if they have underlying structure. Sometimes pattern and colour alone are not enough. Of course, depends on image design and what you are trying to convey and bring out. But you have wonderful gentle glow that gives autumn colours their best look. I think this image is about that gentle look and the orange-red colours of autumn in the midst of greens and yellows. In sample Bob gave the glow disappears and that's its central feature.

[brandtb]

Try shifting the hue of red leaves toward red (and bring luminance down/satur. up)...the pale orange color presently is glomming on to the yellows...and there is a lack of distinctness because of it... a homogeneity of sorts. As well if you push the color temp/w.b. somewhat significantly toward the blue...it gives a nice undercast of blue which works nicely...

[David Eckels]

barycenter

Cool word! But I thought it applied to astrophysics; how do you mean it in this context?

[muntanela]

Cool word! But I thought it applied to astrophysics; how do you mean it in this context?

I mean only the "heavy centre" of the perceptual, visual mass.