Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: David Eckels on May 27, 2014, 10:10:26 pm
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No, I wasn't drunk or afflicted with vertigo! I was struck by this dead tree rising up in front of an oddly curved background on Mt Diablo California. I cropped in pretty tight so the left and right branches run off the frame. Comments on composition?
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Really a nice tree, I would have made a photograph, too. Like the perspective and the colors. But the tight crop doesn't please me. I assume the original picture lacks of head space so you've tried to cope with that. Would you please post an uncropped version?
Harald
PS: A B/W would be a good idea anyway.
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Nice tree and nice sky behind it. If you'd been just a fraction lower, the descending branch wouldn't appear to be connecting with the ground, and the branch on the right wouldn't be touching the tree; I think that would have improved the shot. I too would like to see an uncropped version.
Jeremy
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It was a three part vertical pano from the attached raw files (only corrected for CA here). I tried to get lower but then the sticker bushes started getting to me and in the way and I couldn't get the framing right even though I was using 10 mm on a Nikon 1 v2. Anyway, Jeremy, there you have the whole sad story ;) I tried B/W but couldn't get enough contrast between the tree and the bkg. I suppose I could doctor it up in PS, but really it was more of an experiment than anything else; may go back and shoot it again on my next visit.
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It was a three part vertical pano from the attached raw files (only corrected for CA here). I tried to get lower but then the sticker bushes started getting to me and in the way and I couldn't get the framing right even though I was using 10 mm on a Nikon 1 v2. Anyway, Jeremy, there you have the whole sad story ;)
I think you should go back - it has promise. Wear tougher trousers next time!
Jeremy
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Yes, isolating the tree and it's many limbs would be difficult, but is necessary for ultimate success, it would seem. I do like the three dimensionality of the tree limbs reaching out toward us which is only possible with a wide angle.