tree root (Grand Staircase)

[chuckn]

Old dead tree root, Lick Wash (Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument).

Chuck

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

May I suggest that the image would be much stronger without the lower quarter?

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

May I suggest that the image would be much stronger without the lower quarter?

I'll risk the Wrath of Russ by agreeing.
Great root, and nicely processed.

[francois]

Nice! I tried to crop as per Slobodan's suggestion and it works very well.

[stamper]

The lower part works as a good lead in imo. I like the processing.

[chuckn]

Thanks for the input on this photo. Here's the same image only with a square crop. I think I like this version better. What do you all think??

Chuck

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

That's a pretty subtle change, but it does improve it, IMHO.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

The issue, Chuck, isn't the crop ratio, but the distracting lower left corner, with a bright rock and messy dirt. It conflicts with the otherwise simplified lines of the background rock and the twists of the roots. It should be either cropped out, significantly dodged, or somehow cloned clean.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

The issue, Chuck, isn't the crop ratio, but the distracting lower left corner, with a bright rock and messy dirt. It conflicts with the otherwise simplified lines of the background rock and the twists of the roots. It should be either cropped out, significantly dodged, or somehow cloned clean.

Cloned, not cropped ("Shaken, not stirred.") 

[RSL]

This is one you might get more mileage out of in color. In B&W it's pretty blah.