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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: mseawell on January 23, 2014, 02:45:21 pm

Title: Winter's Mood
Post by: mseawell on January 23, 2014, 02:45:21 pm
From Haschbach in Germany close to Ramstein...Winter's mood.
Title: Re: Winter's Mood
Post by: Christoph C. Feldhaim on January 23, 2014, 03:21:24 pm
It may sound cruel, but I'd crop away from the background and the left to emphasize these gorgeous trees in the foreground.
Very beautiful, moody shot.
Title: Re: Winter's Mood
Post by: mseawell on January 23, 2014, 03:24:32 pm
Interesting! Thanks for the suggestion.

Mark
Title: Re: Winter's Mood
Post by: churly on January 23, 2014, 04:50:49 pm
I think I would like the shot both ways but they would be very different shots with different visual dynamics.  Excellent either way.
Title: Re: Winter's Mood
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 23, 2014, 06:32:41 pm
Yes, they would be very different pictures, both very good. Chris's suggested crop would be simpler, emphasizing the trees.

I think my preference is for the original, with the added complexity of the distant hills.
Title: Re: Winter's Mood
Post by: brandtb on January 23, 2014, 08:40:56 pm
I think that's a very good suggestion...
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I'd crop away from the background and the left to emphasize these gorgeous trees in the foreground
...you might look at it and see how that works...the distant bg is almost another image and seems to add "static" to the foreground element /B
Title: Re: Winter's Mood
Post by: wolfnowl on January 24, 2014, 02:30:24 am
The crop might work, but I like the layers in the image as is.

Mike.
Title: Re: Winter's Mood
Post by: mseawell on January 24, 2014, 02:47:53 am
This is the crop I printed on my Canon 9500 MKII. Thoughts??
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Post by: Paulo Bizarro on January 24, 2014, 04:13:12 am
Very different images, both nice.
Title: Re: Winter's Mood
Post by: stamper on January 24, 2014, 04:13:54 am
What about using the Content Aware Scale tool in PS to narrow the white gap in the upper part of the image to please the protagonists in the post?  It would possibly make a fine image even finer? ;) :)
Title: Re: Winter's Mood
Post by: mseawell on January 24, 2014, 05:43:54 am
Hmmmm. Sounds like a challenge to me!