Among Giants

A foggy afternoon among the Giant Sequoias. Thanks for viewing.

Lovely use of the foggy conditions. The juxtaposition of the small tree and the huge ones is very compelling. The colours are rich and yet not overdone. Very nice all around. Except, . . . I can't help but wish for a bit more room at the bottom. Why have you cropped this so close?

nice composition! I like the fog and the wee little tree!

I really like this! If one were to change anything I think I would have shown the base of the small tree. Still a great job. Regards.

Very nice picture. I especially love the composition. Thanks...

Thanks for the feedback. Ian and Walter, I had the same thought process when taking the picture and did include the base of the small tree. But in doing so, I caught a snow patch at the base of the left-hand tree which I felt distracted from the composition, and thus I cropped it out. Attached is a variation including the base of the small tree. What do you think? Does the snow on the left tree distract? Thanks.

nice job, very creative!!!!

Anish, I enjoyed your photo and the title also. Great portfolio you have also.I also enjoy outdoor , landscape and wildlife photography, so it was nice to see all your great photos. Take care.

I think you have to go with your cropped version, the snow at the base of the LH tree is distracting. Either that or do some industrial strength cloning to rid of the snow. It is a great composition!

Anish, I see what you mean -- difficult choice. I really like the placement of the two trees on either side, with the small tree offset from the background tree.

I guess I'm going to go against the grain here and say I like your uncroped version better. I think you could even clean it up and dodge and burn and make it work. Sweet shot, Dean

I think its a wonderful image, great composition and a nice title.

Cheers, LKV.

I agree with your assessment. The snow is worse than the crop (by far).

 

I'd probably tackle the cloning job though. It certainly seems like it would be possible to do it and to do it seamlessly.

 

Although, really, this is very, very lovely as it stands.

 

Thanks to everyone for the feedback! -Anish

I like your uncropped version _ my tastes are such that the snow clump at the base on the left tree trunk adds a bit of visual tension. You also have snow clumps on the central trunk ..... My approach would have been to take the same images as you did and then do some gardening (left trunk) and then take another shot.

I liked the composition, the colors and the overal mood...

My two cents regarding the discussion above is as follows:

I would not crop but clone the distracting patches of snow.

I had a really enjoyable visit to your other photos as well, by the way...