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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Chris Calohan on May 07, 2012, 11:11:06 am

Title: Damned if you do, damned if you don't...make the shot.
Post by: Chris Calohan on May 07, 2012, 11:11:06 am

The incoming rain across the valley and lake was quite spectacular, but too damn many trees...did the best I could at framing despite the liability of the foliage.

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7099/7004957072_19f53861e6_o.jpg)

Title: Re: Damned if you do, damned if you don't...make the shot.
Post by: amolitor on May 07, 2012, 11:16:26 am

Without the foliage in the foreground, this image would be a big nothing, flat cold and distant. The foliage in the foreground provides a necessary contrast, a comparison of tones, and of distance, and places the viewer in space. In, of course, my opinion only.