Autumn in Poland

It is an interesting image in terms of color and composition (with diagonal lines) but I think we are missing some philosophy of photography. Some years ago, this image without postprocessed and color manipulating would be one more in any family album, but I do not think the colors are nothing natural in the image we see in our computer screens. If all the nice thing is putting the greys in colorful oranges and some other greys or close to black and white in cheerful yellows and pinks, for my idea of photography, something fails. Hope we could see something more "in the deep" of some images; in some cases I have the feeling that we are only looking at the glossy surface of the apple. See you. Josemi Gondra.

Dear posters, I don't mean to offend anybody, just want to refresh your approach to photography. Understanding images is closer to philosophy than photography..... Photographers get lost in technique very often forgetting about the photography content. I don't have my images in photo.net gallery becouse I still think that photograph must be printed to be judged.

IMO this image is very original, perfectly composed and utterly beautiful, Jana

I love the colors, the tempeture is great, great job.

Well done!

Hello to everyone,
Thank you for your warm welcome. Thank you also for your comments. Light and feelings a photo may cause are the most important for me (since i.e. ideal sharpness of photo is less important). My idols are photographers of twenties/thirties of XX, especially Leonard Missone (Belgium) and Tadeusz Wanski (Poland).
Regards,
Przemek

I fully agree with Jimi James' comments! I disagree with Ron Cork as art, when not real, should have something different as subject and not what this photographer chose: autumn in Poland!
Meanwhile, you don't need to be a professional photographer yourself to be a critic... Critisism is an open field for anyone provided it is done in a meaningful and sensible manner!

 

Awesome image

No, you'll never get an image like this right from your CF card, and yes, it is heavily processed in terms of saturation and other attributes, and no, it is like nothing you will (likely) see in nature, and yes, it is art, so whether any of the elements that may cause angst to some of the commenters above should or might be altered depends entirely on the original vision of the photographer and the story or the feeling he wanted to portray and share. In viewing photographs like this, it would help me (and probably other viewers and those providing comments) if I knew the intention of the photographer and what he/she was wanting to convey. However, sometimes that's difficult to articulate.

I like the varying shades of the tree trunks with autumn leaves giving the contrast the scenary. The composition is great and the row of trees are well placed across the frame with their branches thoughtfully removed from the frame. Well done!!

@Jimi James

I was going to leave this alone but since Artin has followed your lead I feel the need to respond. What is it about this picture that makes you say that those who like it (I'm one of them) "simply don't understand art." I guess I'm just an uneducated simpleton, but I thought it was okay to like a photo just because it strikes a chord with me and I enjoy looking at it. Is there a higher bar that I should be aware of? When is it alright to like a photo? When is it art and who decides? You're critical of this photo (which is your right) but you don't explain your position. Please enlighten me as to what I'm missing and why I should not enjoy looking at this image, or at least why it doesn't qualify as "art."

@Artin Avedissian
Since you "fully agree with Jimi," please feel free to chime in. I appreciate that you've given at least some objective basis for your criticism, which is that you feel:

So, what's wrong with that subject? What subjects are worthy of being photographed as art and how can we tell? You say that:

I absolutely agree, but I'm having trouble finding the sense or meaning in either of your comments. If you're going to be so negative about someone's work I think you owe it to them to explain what you think they could do better next time. "Don't take pictures of autumn in Poland" falls a bit short of the mark to my mind.

It's a nice photograph, well composed or croped. The thing that makes a little problem to me is, when I review this photo my mind do not accept this huge amount of contast and saturation in a foggy day photograph.
Regards, Emad.

This so works!

 

Simple but so well seen, and what beautiful autumnal colours.

There is much written on Pastoral aesthetic that the style here and in the other folio imagery evokes. Rich seams may be mined in considering tensions of town and country. The more specific the caption, the more viewers may learn, yet the less universal the shot may be. Editorial facts don't always reduce the artiness either.

My problem is that it doesn't make me feel anything. Perhaps too at conflict with itself. Fall and yet with summer lighting. Is it dust or fog? Basically calender art.

An ever changing image that reflects and reminds us of the change in season. Great composition.

 

-Rosa

Oranges just a tad oversaturated (at least on my monitor). One positive impression I got was that Autumn was leading into the white cold of Winter (in some climates). A little more whiteness, and elimination of some distracting twigs that are in the fog, would, to me, add a nice touch to that autumn to winter transition.

Beautiful !

You should not need more than good fortune to play at such a beautiful page. on this other side, there are many poverty. More than empire in china, to be best in any case where more than in Russia. Oil alone does not bold well. But less fat is good for fischer. Transpiration is always good

Stunning colours through this beautiful mist. Great mood shot!

Senzillament és genial... Felicitacions!

Beautiful atmosphere and composition.Regards,Teo

The colors are wonderful and the atmosphere is magical...Well done!!

Beautiful atmosphere and composition.  The light fog and recently fallen leaves really express the nature of autumn.

Excellent work!