Desert landscape

A different desert landscape without sands :-) Loe the rolling clouds & the tones.

Beautiful composition and nice tones. Very dry feeling.

Hi Pnina. :) It suits sepia as you say..and I love the balance that that cool cloud formation brings to the entire image. Very nice and peaceful feel!

Great w/ the sepia. Nice composition.

Very nice lowkey toning, and artfully composed. Maybe a bit sacrifice from the left, about 5%, wouldn t hurt - not sure. Just an idea, because I feel kind of dysbalance towards the left side

 

Cheers

Carsten

I like this shot, and I've been toying a bit with the idea of cropping it...

 

As it is, there is a great tension between the tree and the cloud. A great contrast between the sharp texture of the former and the more blurred world of the latter.

 

I understand you need the right 1/3 of the picture to talk about the desert as such, but I seem to be so captivated by the tree-cloud system (balanced by the rock bottom L and the sky top R) that I do not look to the R of the shot at all.

 

...so I would make it a square... but this would be less of a "desert".

 

Opinions welcome.

Thanks to all of you for writing your impressions,which is importent.

 

Carsten, I have already cropped about 5% from the L/hs. in order to keep better the rule of 1/3 for the tree.

 

Salvatore and Carsten, I appreciate your detailed impression, but this time I think that the composition is well ballanced. I took the example of Stephen F. and tried to show you why I think so, so I hope it will explain it.I would like to know if it has convinced you....

 

Salvatore, I don't think a square format will help in this one, and I want to keep the feeling of desert and tension to stay.

 

Pnina

 

 

Pnina, thanks for this interesting discussion on composition here, thats exactly what I need to learn and maybe you are right with your concept. The silhouette is so heavyweight for me that I would like to see the (admittedly, larger) sky area upper right a tad darker toned, for balance. But thats just me, maybe you are right, would like to hear your and others` opinions

 

Cheers

Carsten

Pnina, I suspected that this time my crop would not have made it through. I guess the main point is the difference between someone (me) who looks at the place just through the picture, with no memory of having been there, and therefore picks up what he likes the most, as opposed to the photographer who has obviously been in the place and therefore choses to convey the impression she got there. Interesting point.

Salvatore, your point is valid, but I think that it relates to every evaluation of an image.You can evaluate an image only from your point of view, experience, feelings technical knowledge and TASTE, and it is different from person to person. I have learned from Leonardo Da Vinci, ( I have already written it somewhere here) that wrote( free translation): "Always be open for critique, evaluate it and think! If you think it is right for better your work accept it, If not, go your way"

 

I think it is a good advice.

 

Pnina

pnina, i'm tempted to join in the discussion this time:). there's a lot of negative space bottom/midground left. i would crop from the right, copy the clouds top left and paste them somewhere top right to balance the tree. just an opinion ...

Klaus, thanks for you suggestion. Please read my previous answers, imo the composition is ballanced . Thanks for expressing your point of view. Pnina

Charles, thanks for your feedback, and agreeing with Salvatore. Always good to think of more possibilits.Pnina