Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Jeremy Roussak on July 19, 2017, 02:59:35 pm
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Comments?
Jeremy
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I like it, Jeremy, and the B&W treatment works for me. Have you considered cropping the top 5% to eliminate the cut-off cloud? Brighter objects at the edge tend to lead the eye out of the frame (thus spake Ansel). You might even crop more - removing the top "outlying" portion of the main cloud formation. My feeling is that the image is about the pavement's flatness (where is a tree when you need one?) and while the wall successfully conveys the scale, the big sky is rather competing for attention.
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Nice, I wouldn't change anything.
Malham? ( I'm guessing the barn image you posted recently was photographed nearby ).
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I like it as it is. The foreground is stunning.
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I like it too. The foreground texture is wonderful, and following the wall into the distance a real treat.
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I like it as it is. The foreground is stunning.
Me too.
(The pavement does look a bit like some of the streets around Boston!)
Eric
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Excellent!
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Thanks, all!
Malham? ( I'm guessing the barn image you posted recently was photographed nearby ).
The same formation, I think, but in fact Twistleton Scar, above Ingleton. The barn is off the road a mile or so to the south of Keld. I was there with a friend who knows the area well. I'd not been before, but I shall certainly return.
(The pavement does look a bit like some of the streets around Boston!)
I shall look forward to that next month, Eric! By "pavement", I assume you mean carriageway, and not in fact pavement, which you would call sidewalk ;)
I like it, Jeremy, and the B&W treatment works for me. Have you considered cropping the top 5% to eliminate the cut-off cloud? Brighter objects at the edge tend to lead the eye out of the frame (thus spake Ansel). You might even crop more - removing the top "outlying" portion of the main cloud formation. My feeling is that the image is about the pavement's flatness (where is a tree when you need one?) and while the wall successfully conveys the scale, the big sky is rather competing for attention.
I rather like that cut-off cloud: to me, it gives the impression of cloud bubbling up beyond the frame.
A tree? We found several, and I have many photographs of them. Some will appear here soon!
Jeremy
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I shall look forward to that next month, Eric! By "pavement", I assume you mean carriageway, and not in fact pavement, which you would call sidewalk ;)
We don't use Carriages much any more over here, but what our automobiles travel on are called "streets" and many of them are covered with something we call "pavement," while other streets are unpaved.
I'll be happy to give you a brush up on speaking Amurrican while you are here, Jeremy.
-Eric
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Lighten up the sky in the upper left quadrant? I think that will add more depth to the photo and improve the composition.
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The pointed cloud does tend to take the eye out of the image, but overall it's a beautiful way to convey the sweep of of the land. From the stunning 3-D cracks in the earth to the fence and the clouds. Also a good example of harsh light being used to convey the coarse textures of the foreground landscape.
JR
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Thumbs up from me. Nice work.