Tree Farm

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I love it! Those colors are amazing, as is the composition you used. Congratulations!

Thank you so much Juan. Your enthusiam is so flaterring and invigorating

I too like the photo very much, a person in the center in the distance would have make it even better, showing scale. I wish I was there. thanks for sharing it.

I like the composition but for my taste I think the color is too saturated and the contrast is very high. It doesn't look natural to me. Just my opinion.

 

 

Diana,

 

What a magnificent woodlot. I like the angle. You really captured the feeling of being small and insignifigant next to those towering pines. I love the symmetry, a wonderful composition. I also like whatever process you added.

 

 

 

I like this very much -- I've wanted to do the same thing in the cottonwood tree farms we have around here (western Washington). Only two minor recommendations: remove that yellow "thing" in the lower left corner, and I wish there was a bit more room below the piece of wood on the ground.

The colours are a bit too sat and too green/yellow. It's a very attractive corridor but has two exit points - the obvious one at the bottom which needs a focal and, because it's so bright, up top - where the eye can be dragged out before seeing the low point. Really nice detail in the trees.

Michael, That's the exact next thing on my to do list. After taking the shot I saw the opportunity as well. You are welcome to visit and actually be there. It's quite and impressive place and at times you can see deer.

Thank you so much for your input!

 

Mark, just as an idea: does it have to look natural to be a good photo? I see your point with bot the color and the contrast and I submit to you that this is one of my first images of this kind and I will most certainly get better as practice moore. Thank you for honest critique. As a beginer this the time I will learn most!

 

Linda, thatnk you so muhc. It is a quite impressive place to be in. I feel like still haven't captured the best of it. I must go back! Thak you again for stopping by.

 

Stepehn your recomandations are just too head on! Great sense of observation. Will do! Thank you so much!

 

Glen, by focal you mean ...putting a focal subject at the end? Is the two exits bad or good? Tell me more. I admire your work very much and it is obvious that I have a lot to learn from you! I am honored by your time and comments!

Yes, a focal subject as others have said. Two exits (in this case) is not good - I am talking about the bright patch at the very top - the eye goes there and escapes the photograph. Colours don't have to be realistic but then you have to be aware that people will think 'Photoshop' and won't 'believe' the scene (brings doubts about 'did she just overlay that deer there at the end' etc). This is often OK as long as you're aware of it.

 

You have very good ideas here - the trees are commanding in the vertical and the detail is good, sometimes it is worth doing a bit of a clean up of the ground in front of the photo (even temporarily tying a branch back) before taking the picture - Leave nothing but footprints, take nothing but photographs ...

 

Try a few things while you're there, e.g. get a very wide lens, lay on the ground and take photos upwards - see the convergence.

Glen makes a good point about "exit points." When I scroll the image up on my monitor just far enough to eliminate the top opening, the result is a much enhanced image (IMO). I think it's definitely work cropping that portion.

 

 

Simply sensational. The effect of the branches cruzandose as a zipper is wonderful. The color and verticality of trees creates an atmosphere very dramatic and thought provoking. Congratulations. Best wishes. Vicente.

Glen...how is this version?

Vicente...thank you so very much! Your most recent flower critique requests are just amazing.

 

Stephen...I wish I could shoot like you. You are agenius of composition. Thank you so much for your input. I obviously can easily add you to my list of photographers I could learn a lot from.

 

Glen...thanks for coming back to clarify. I think your advice is great. Just to let you know we were driving by this place and I jumped out of the car with my hand held Sony Cibershot and captured this. I promise I will go back to that location, put a model as a focal point and make all your feedback worth the effort! :)

I like the full vertical sweep of the first version and think maybe a cloud or darker patch up top would help - still keeping the commanding height. Next time, run down there and move that log, maybe place your camera on a tripod and move all those little foreground distractions out of view - the place your subject with clear light each side.

Diana, I like this amended version very much. I think you've cropped in just the right place, the color looks better, and there is no distraction in the lower left corner. I really don't think a dark cloud would be sufficient to keep the eye from wondering which way to go, and a crop is also more natural. Personally, I like the small log on the ground, as it breaks the symmetry in a good way, and it adds to the story of this image.

Thank you Glen once again for these last directions. Just to let you know the image has the exact same dimmensions, there has been no cropping done. I did use the clone tool to "fix" the gap, though.

 

Stepehn...I appreciate you checking back wiht me :) I really like the second version too. I was going for a little bit of "drama" with the first one but I think the second one has the same effect. Thanks a lot!

Awesome perspective here.

 

The only suggestion [Apologies if someone else already made it :-) ] I would make would be to apply some tone curve adjustments to the shadows in the lower portion of tree trunks farthest away, to reveal more detail, if possible.

 

Other than that, Love this shot!

 

Regards,

 

-Ade

 

 

Diana, to clarify...no I don't think a subject must look natural to be a good photo. You know what they say about beauty and art that it is in the eye of the beholder. Based on your image I assumed you were looking for a rather natural looking shot. I think it's a great picture with room for improvement (I think that's why we're all here). Lord knows that most of my shots could use improvements as well. Just sharing my opinions.

Beautiful image - so much has been said that I don't believe that my 2 cents will add any more. best regards,