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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Jeremy Roussak on November 07, 2015, 01:04:04 pm

Title: rock - no trees, though
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on November 07, 2015, 01:04:04 pm

Thoughts?

Jeremy

Title: Re: rock - no trees, though
Post by: Bruce Cox on November 07, 2015, 02:09:55 pm

The sense of scale, if not quietude, would be enhanced by some toy cars in the parking lot.

Title: Re: rock - no trees, though
Post by: RSL on November 07, 2015, 02:47:27 pm

Jeremy, those things in the lower right are what pass for trees in that part of the country.

Good shooting, by the way.

Title: Re: rock - no trees, though
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 07, 2015, 02:49:13 pm

Very nice shot.

I strongly suspect it's not the Lake Country.   ;)

Title: Re: rock - no trees, though
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 07, 2015, 03:06:41 pm

The colors are nice, Jeremy, but something about composition bothers me. Central placement of the most interesting rock? Too much space around? I do not know. Strangely enough, central placement seems to work better in panoramic compositions, perhaps like this:

Title: Re: rock - no trees, though
Post by: francois on November 09, 2015, 07:23:50 am

Rich colors and wonderful light but I prefer Slobodan's version - without the foreground.

Title: Re: rock - no trees, though
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on November 10, 2015, 03:06:36 pm

Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 07, 2015, 03:06:41 pm

The colors are nice, Jeremy, but something about composition bothers me. Central placement of the most interesting rock? Too much space around? I do not know. Strangely enough, central placement seems to work better in panoramic compositions, perhaps like this:

I agree that removing the foreground improves it.

There's plenty to play with to the sides, as it happens: I didn't have enough time to change lenses, so I zoomed in as much as I could with my 24-105.

Jeremy

Title: Re: rock - no trees, though
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on November 10, 2015, 03:08:44 pm

Quote from: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 07, 2015, 02:49:13 pm

Very nice shot.

I strongly suspect it's not the Lake Country.   ;)

Thanks. And your suspicion that it's not the Lake District is, of course, spot on. I really should go there more often: it's a lot closer to me than Arizona.

Jeremy