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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: armand on November 17, 2012, 01:49:49 pm

Title: Second try
Post by: armand on November 17, 2012, 01:49:49 pm

A bw version of one of my favorite shots. Taken with a D50 with kit lens.

Title: Re: Second try
Post by: kencameron on November 17, 2012, 03:43:32 pm

I like the textures and particularly the delicacy of the tables against the roughness of the treees. I feel an impulse to crop it to make the two big trees a little more central, although not symmetrically central. But I know such impulses often end in tears.

Title: Re: Second try
Post by: wolfnowl on November 18, 2012, 02:41:21 am

Hmmm... even though the tree on the left is more central, I think the weight of it is balanced nicely by the two tables and the other tree.  I wouldn't change it.

Mike.

Title: Re: Second try
Post by: armand on November 18, 2012, 11:14:33 am

I'm ok with the current crop. I did try a more severe one but didn't feel better and it's worth saying this is already quite cropped. From a 6 MP D50 shot it has maybe 50% left of the surface, so an equivalent of 3 MP or so.
Post processing I'm still debating but I'm tempted to leave it like this, without too much contrast, as it fits better with the message.

Title: Re: Second try
Post by: Seoonmie on November 18, 2012, 11:29:56 am

Hi Armand, I like this image, too. Very simple but very powerful. The vertical lines of the trunks and horizontal of the ground work nicely together. Well done!

Title: Re: Second try
Post by: kers on November 18, 2012, 12:35:23 pm

I like the image,
but sensitive as i am to - almost straight - i would have liked it turned a bit..
( yes I am doing architecture)

greetings..
Pieter Kers