Pandanus

[MattNQ]

Pandanus trees always looks like they escaped from a Dr Suess book.

[Jeremy Roussak]

It doesn't work for me. It's a shot of some steps, with the trees being lost against the dramatic sky.

Jeremy

[MattNQ]

Thanks Jeremy,

They do get a bit lost. I tried a few different composition with those stairs, but I think I failed to get anything to really match what was in my head

Here's a couple of shots sans-stairs . I have possibly lost the plot on all three.

[RSL]

I'm with Jeremy, Matt.

[PeterAit]

I tend to agree with Kikashi. If the tree along the left edge were not there it would be a lot better, but I don't suppose you could have cut it down! The sky is a bit over-dramatic, IMO. Just because you CAN get a sky that looks like the wrath of god does not mean you SHOULD!

[MattNQ]

Thanks Russ & Peter. Appreciate your feedback.

I do have some images I haven't got to yet. Might start again with less heavy-handed pp. 

I am perhaps a little too partial to a 'Wrath of God' sky 

[RSL]

I love wrath of God skies too, Matt, but I don't think they work well with closeups. You need some space for them to work. Here's an example. I don't want to grab your thread, so if you don't want this here, let me know and I'll dump it. I've overdone it more than a little bit just to make the point.

[MattNQ]

I love wrath of God skies too, Matt, but I don't think they work well with closeups. You need some space for them to work. Here's an example. I don't want to grab your thread, so if you don't want this here, let me know and I'll dump it. I've overdone it more than a little bit just to make the point.

Thanks Russ. Happy to have this here - I am here to learn. I guess the trick with these type of landscapes  is to approach it more like a portrait (of which I have done very few) - choosing (and process to suit) a  background that doesn't try to compete with the subject.