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What do you think of this photo? How would you make it better? Would

it maybe be better in monochrome? Is the tree positioned in the

right place and what do you think of composition?

I like this picture but i think it could be better if were a little more ground here. And there is a dark area in the upper left of the image that i don't know if is the sky or not.

But I agree, there should probably be a little more ground. Great texture and color though

I did a quick cust and paste into photoshop and confirmed my hunch that this looks better as a color shot. I like the shot and while I tend to agree a little more ground would be good it's not a deal breaker for me.

This is extremely "nitpicky" but I swear that little dark spot in the upper left corner keeps attracting my eye.

I like this picture, the colors are just the right mix, and the tree gives the eye something to look at. Now maybe a little more of the ground like the other people said, well make this a winner.

The first thing my eye settled on (after the tree, of course) was the dark patch in the upper lefthand corner. As a view camera user, I'm always careful to look for this before I fire the shutter and while in this case it may simply have been the clouds doing their thing, I do find it distracting. I also agree that the image would benefit from having a bit more ground visible. Still, there's a lot to like here...

Nice work, Predrag. I guess I'm in the minority here as I don't think that by capturing more ground would add much to the image. Given that this is a silhouette, I doubt that the ground would be rendered as anything other than pure black. The sky is what's visually arresting here and I think you did well to capture as much of it as possible. I suppose that more ground would balance the image a bit better, however I rather like the composition as is. I do agree that cropping the left side would be of benefit though.

There's certainly a simplicity that is very nice here. I am having a difficult time believing the colors are not doctored here. Perhaps they are not, I'd like clarification here, Predrag. No matter what the colors really are, I really cannot find much room for improvement other than to ground it a little by including just a bit more foreground, even if it is pure black.

I bet this would be spectacular shot with a fisheye lens.

Like several others, I too am distracted by the dark spot in the upper left corner. So, I copied it to my photo software, recropped it, and find I like the resulting photo better. Such a small change but it improved the picture. Nice shot Predrag.

The dark spot also catches my eye as well, BUT I love the colors. Reminds me of a cold day and the tree being bare tells me this is in the winter or Fall seasons.

This is a really good shot! The sky seems almost texturized. The off centered silhouette of the tree is a good touch. I wonder if increased contrast could have accentuated the shapes of the sky, dramatizing it even more. Also I think a frame could help a lot too.

Strong shot but something about the colours troubles me & i cant put my finger on exactly what.

I agree with Flavio. I don't really think it is a good lighting but in those conditions you cannot do better.

Like it. Next time, really, get some more visible background.Very good color and fine color gradation from top to the bottom - nice to see it. Storng graphic at the foreground adds a dramtic effect to what the color already did.
B&W for this, you ask? No way!
For a lot of maestro B&W is just a simplest way not to deal with the accurate colors handling, because they do not want or just can not. Believe me, you do not need it here.

One of your best shots - the clouds are really interesting, so it is good you placed so much weight on them. I would not change the ground level.

 

The leafless tree really does the trick / perfect in the cloudy mood!

 

Well done,

 

Blaise

My favorite of your folder (and you have several very good photos) - I agree with the others that you could crop that spot on the upper left. If you did'nt want to crop you could clone some sky from elsewhere in this photo. This is a really fine photo and I think what makes it really suceed is that the sky retains some texture and light glinting which makes it much more alive. If it were completly in sihouette it would still be ok but here it illustrates just how important the "little" details are.

congrats for gro pic.and for the whole folder

Predrag, I like this a lot, and I also like your whole folder. I agree with many of the comments and suggestions above, but it is still real nice as is.

BEAUTIFUL!!!

ADC

Sky makes this. Perspective is very good

Nice image.