Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Roberto Frieri on September 16, 2013, 03:51:22 am
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Made it saturday, in the morning.
Hope you like it.
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Hi Roberto
For me, the spell is broken by the brightness (top left) behind the first tree. Otherwise it is like a vortex. Lovely depth.
William
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Thank you William for your comment.
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It's a lovely scene, Roberto, and I don't have a problem with the light behind the first tree. But strange as it may seem, coming from a B&W lover, I think this is a scene that cries out for color. To me, the mottling of the light through the slender trees and leaves appears distractingly contrasty in B&W, but I think color would break up that effect.
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I think Bill's right: you have the makings of a very compelling shot but aren't quite there yet. The real picture is the vortex.
Have a bash at masking the centre of the vortex and darkening the surroundings down gradually outwards. I doesn't matter if that flies in the face of reality: it's the result that always counts unless you work for detectives. (You might have been using red filters, just like St Ansel, if anyone asks.)
;-)
Rob C
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This is a nice composition, but I agree that the contrast is too high. The overall effect is to harden what is more naturally a soft scene (hard and soft are totally subjective in this context).
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Have a bash at masking the centre of the vortex and darkening the surroundings down gradually outwards.
Do you mean "apply a bit of vignetting"?