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Thanks. This is medium format - not sure I can afford bracketing with the cost of film, but maybe it pays off in the end!

Thanks for your comments. This was the first colour film I've ever developed at home and maybe I made some mistakes, or maybe the exposure could have been better. However, I've found that with scanned colour negs there is not a great deal of room for adjusting colour balance in post processing.

I think that is a fair criticism - I have been feeling there's something missing from the shot too. If there had been a convenient dog or walker it would have been better - unfortunately, nobody was so obliging :). As noted by John Seaman, the shot is meant to be more about the mood than any particular subject, but I can certainly see that having something extra would improve it. I've attached another shot from the same morning, where I think the fallen gate provides the missing subject. Thanks for your helpful comments.

Thanks - that's what I was trying to convey.

Yours is a good point - looking back at the critique, that was not explicitly stated. I have inferred that that was behind the suggestion because the person in question raises the rule of thirds in a lot of her critiques of photos (often correctly). Maybe I was being too sensitive or over-interpreting her opinion :). In any event, I didn't mind the critique because she, and Mike Morrell, may well be right that a shift in angle might have improved the shot. Just interested in peoples' views as to how important, as a rule, it is, and whether I could have improved the angle on this shot (whether by applying the rule or not).

This photo has been criticised on another site because the critic said there was too much white space in the middle. She would prefer the path to be to one side (with the angle of view shifted to the left). I understand the rule of thirds, which was driving the criticism, but I'm not sure it's always necessary, particularly in a square format like this. What do people think? (Rolleicord III, Portra 400)

Rolleicord III, Portra 400

Oh, OK, thanks Sandy.

I know this is an old thread, but I have a question, if you are still looking :) How did you get the glass off the tape? was it easy? And what about removing the tape to replace it? Thanks for any advice! Jon

Rolleicord III in the local woods.