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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: John R on August 13, 2009, 11:06:14 pm

Title: The bench aglow
Post by: John R on August 13, 2009, 11:06:14 pm

As the sun was quickly fading I rushed to get a few shots of warm light glowing on the trees. I missed most of the glow but managed to get this shot of a bench in the warm glow.

JMR

Title: The bench aglow
Post by: jasonrandolph on August 14, 2009, 11:49:52 am

You kept the composition simple by not shooting from a shorter focal length, which I like.  The tree nicely frames the bench.  Overall, a very pleasant scene.

Title: The bench aglow
Post by: PeterAit on August 14, 2009, 12:16:23 pm

Quote from: John R

As the sun was quickly fading I rushed to get a few shots of warm light glowing on the trees. I missed most of the glow but managed to get this shot of a bench in the warm glow.

JMR

That's quite nice! Have you considered darkening the tree trunk a tad?

Peter

Title: The bench aglow
Post by: JeffKohn on August 14, 2009, 01:22:22 pm

I like the simplicity of the scene, and the mood of the image. The processing works well except that I find the greens a bit over-powering.

Title: The bench aglow
Post by: wolfnowl on August 14, 2009, 05:46:26 pm

Quote from: JeffKohn

I like the simplicity of the scene, and the mood of the image. The processing works well except that I find the greens a bit over-powering.

I agree with Jeff.  Nice shot, though!

Mike.

Title: The bench aglow
Post by: John R on August 14, 2009, 06:41:22 pm

Thanks for the commentary everyone. I tried a BW version but the colour nuances did not come through.

JMR

Title: The bench aglow
Post by: byork on August 14, 2009, 07:22:57 pm

Nice shot John....personally I don't mind the greens at all.

Cheers
Brian

Title: The bench aglow
Post by: wolfnowl on August 15, 2009, 12:57:09 am

Quote from: John R

Thanks for the commentary everyone. I tried a BW version but the colour nuances did not come through.

JMR

You mean you couldn't get proper colour in your B&W image?  Back to basic Photoshop for you....  

Sorry, couldn't resist...

Mike.

Title: The bench aglow
Post by: John R on August 15, 2009, 06:47:35 pm

Quote from: wolfnowl

You mean you couldn't get proper colour in your B&W image?  Back to basic Photoshop for you....  

Sorry, couldn't resist...

Mike.

Hey MIke, I don't know what to say;) I only convert to BW occasionally, and 98 percet of the time prefer the colour version. Just didn't like what I saw.

JMR