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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Mjollnir on February 28, 2013, 02:13:59 pm

Title: Hornitos Road Oak, Fog #2
Post by: Mjollnir on February 28, 2013, 02:13:59 pm
Still not totally sure about the processing of this one, but I tried to make it as true-to-life as it actually was when I saw it.  There are some lighter versions that I like a lot, but this comes the closest to how it actually looked for about 40 incredible minutes.

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8059/8226140577_66c9e69838_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/8226140577/)
Hornitos Road Oak, Fog #2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/8226140577/) by tanngrisnir3 (http://www.flickr.com/people/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Hornitos Road Oak, Fog #2
Post by: RSL on February 28, 2013, 02:47:44 pm
Who's the huge guy standing to the right of the tree with his glasses pushed back on his head?
Title: Re: Hornitos Road Oak, Fog #2
Post by: Chris Calohan on February 28, 2013, 03:13:56 pm
Take a good gander at this in flickr on a black screen...velly-velly nice.
Title: Re: Hornitos Road Oak, Fog #2
Post by: Tony Jay on February 28, 2013, 03:16:04 pm
I think you may have got the tonal processing right.
A very small nitpick though - I wonder whether cropping the sharply delineated trees on the right may help concentrate attention on the spectacular oak.
All in all a very fine image.

Tony Jay
Title: Re: Hornitos Road Oak, Fog #2
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on February 28, 2013, 04:17:33 pm
Quote from: Chris Calohan on February 28, 2013, 03:13:56 pm
Take a good gander at this in flickr on a black screen...velly-velly nice.

Stunning!  My first thoughts were the same as Tony's, but if you crop on the right you'd have to crop on the left to keep the balance and that would definitely be a Bad Thing.

Jeremy
Title: Re: Hornitos Road Oak, Fog #2
Post by: Mjollnir on February 28, 2013, 04:48:14 pm
Quote from: Tony Jay on February 28, 2013, 03:16:04 pm
I think you may have got the tonal processing right.
A very small nitpick though - I wonder whether cropping the sharply delineated trees on the right may help concentrate attention on the spectacular oak.
All in all a very fine image.

Tony Jay

Thanks, Tony.

It's already relatively heavily cropped, bottom of the frame, to get rid of a lot of clumps of grass and sort of center the tree, and I like the trees in upper frame right, but you're quite correct:  the ones directly to the right of the main tree are distracting.

I'll give it go and see how it turns out.
Title: Re: Hornitos Road Oak, Fog #2
Post by: petermfiore on February 28, 2013, 06:00:10 pm
The Tree on the right gives depth to the image. I wouldn't touch it.


Peter
Title: Re: Hornitos Road Oak, Fog #2
Post by: RSL on February 28, 2013, 07:19:30 pm
Don't crop!
Title: Re: Hornitos Road Oak, Fog #2
Post by: RobbieV on February 28, 2013, 08:33:10 pm
I agree. Keep it in.
Title: Re: Hornitos Road Oak, Fog #2
Post by: nemo295 on February 28, 2013, 08:39:11 pm
Quote from: RSL on February 28, 2013, 02:47:44 pm
Who's the huge guy standing to the right of the tree with his glasses pushed back on his head?

It does kind of look like it.   :D

I think it looks great. I wouldn't change anything.
Title: Re: Hornitos Road Oak, Fog #2
Post by: rogerxnz on March 01, 2013, 12:24:08 am
Quote from: RSL on February 28, 2013, 07:19:30 pm
Don't crop!

I would clone the distracting elements on the right and not crop!
Roger