An odd composition?

[nma]

I have to admit that this is a bit of a strange composition. Taken at the beach in Hanalei Kauai, near the pier. No water, no sand; what was I thinking? The tree called out to me; I couldn't help myself.

[Tony Jay]

Actually a very good composition.

Only a very minor nit - could this image be a bit over sharpened?

Nonetheless I think a large print would look great - well done.

Tony Jay

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Tony is right.

[petermfiore]

Many a great Painting have blazed this trail...

Peter

[Paulo Bizarro]

Wonderful snaking wood.

[SanderKikkert]

No water, no sand; what was I thinking?

I guess you weren't thinking, but probably feeling, or seeing  , and rightly so, very strong, compelling image, a winner.
Agree with Tony that it has an ever so slightly oversharpened look, not problematic, yet visible imo.

Best Regards, Sander

[stamper]

As it is a fine image. It looks like fine detail to me rather than over sharpened, I like the composition.

[nma]

I really appreciate the encouraging words about this image. I also really appreciate the polite questioning about whether or not the image is over sharpened. The answer is, I am not really sure about that. The capture was made with the Olympus E-M1 and their 12-40 zoom lens. In an effort to provide lots of sharp detail, I used a focus stacking technique. At the end of pp on the stacked TIFF, I am pretty sure that it was not oversharpened. My thoughts get a little blurry when considering the jpg conversion and the resampling that is applied when the image is served  up by my web provider.

[MattBurt]

Love it! Composition works very well, making the eyes wander around and explore without leading me out of the frame.
The textures are wonderful. Nice work!

[Arlen]

Very nice. It looks like an illustration you might find in a very old book.

[luxborealis]

I guess you weren't thinking, but probably feeling, or seeing  , and rightly so, very strong, compelling image, a winner.
Agree with Tony that it has an ever so slightly oversharpened look, not problematic, yet visible imo.

Best Regards, Sander

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