Fairytale forest

Very Good.

Magnifica atmosfera y encuadre

Enhorabuena Daniel

Splendid scene. The composition, atmosphere and fall color are perfect.

Wonderful aesthetics.  I love the composition and light.

This photo is outstanding. The lighting and colors are fantastic. The composition is excellent as well.

splendid atmosphere excellent work congrats gerolamo

nice shot Daniel...what always amazes me, there are never any dead branches or trees on the forest floors of Europe.....are people up at the crack of dawn looking for firewood or what ?

Nice autumn scene,well seen and composed this image.Light,mist and this vertical trees create a pleasantly mood.

Beautiful mood.

Very beautiful and good composition.

It doesn't get any better than this.  My newest favorite.

Congratualations, Daniel.

fine work!! like♥♥♥ regards,Pekka :)

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I do like the element of fairytale but am ruing for more contrast. Wish there was a way of creating more contrast without cutting down on the mist.

Beautiful image, the "fairytale" aspect certainly comes across quite well. I just clicked on the image and I gather it must be optimised for the slightly larger size, as the contrast and sharpness seem to increase. The composition is well balanced, but I find it unusual that there is no repetition of the colourful lower branches anywhere to be seen. For this reason they seem a bit at odds with the otherwise uniform pale trunks.
A very aesthetically pleasing result nonetheless!
Best Regards

Alf

Superb composition, great lighting, and with that magical something. What's there not to like?

I see were are back with the dreadful titles. This title is trite and inappropriate. There is nothing here that smacks of fairy tales, not even the Brothers Grimm (and most fairy tales are grim and gross).

This is not a bad composition, really. But it is not all that good either. It is overexposed for one thing. One third to the right is static. There is nothing original about it. There is nothing exciting about it. Had it been generously cropped to the right and darkness by two stops it could have been interesting.

Very nice peaceful scene. I like the composition - the green on the left draws my eye but then the pattern of the trees is there when I take in the whole scene. The exposure is perfect for a misty, foggy day in the forest. I like that the image includes the green grass and leaves and does not just focus on the pattern of trees. I believe that this photo has perfectly captured a scene I have experienced many times before in hikes thru the woods. I could care less about the title of the image.

This image is a nice bucolic, still representation of the forest. It is not an unexpected view although it is always interesting how these solo growth of leaves are found here and there (surprised we haven't heard composite yet!). And, it is this yellow growth that balances the image against the rather light right side of the image. The composition is pleasing and still.

There are always aesthetic choices with these types of images, how much softness versus a pick up in contrast--where does the mood shift or what treatment meets one's own vision. One doesn't want the image to lose its ethereal quality and yet one doesn't want it to be muddy either from being too gray or too burnt down. I think there could be a pretty wide range of treatments that would work for this image. For me, this one feels a little bit on the side of being too gray but it is just a tad across that line IMO. Also, regardless, I do think--and I am a big proponent of containing an image--that it could also use just a very delicate edge burn on the right side (right but more upper right)--very delicate. Our eyes can detect even slight shifts in tone and those can push us back into an image.

We can ignore titles but the fact is that they do exist and they can, and often do, influence the viewer. These more directive titles also gain a measure of importance due to their obvious importance to the person who created the image and, in some ways, become part of the image. I prefer more objective titles that allow the viewer to have their own experience and personally would be one that finds little sense of fairytale here. To me it's more quiet and really doesn't tell much of a story or allude to one but rather just seems to exist.

It's a nice image and well seen.

At first sight, the photo struck me also as a bit washed out or lacking in contrast. That can be misleading because I understand this is not a high contrast scene. But I guess what I'm experiencing is not only a meteorological mist but what feels like a kind of photographic wash out as well. I think John stated nicely the range of choices on any image and a critic might put out there own preference not so much to tell the photographer he did something wrong as much as to provide other views and choices that may or may not have been considered.

I think a bit more life and energy (not the energy of dynamite but the energy of a delicately soft breeze) could be found here, if desired. There are highlights on the trees that may not have been getting as lost as they are in the photo and that could add more dimension to this one without necessarily crossing the line into a whole different feel for the photo.

This photo prompted me to look at some landscapes by Meyerowitz, some by Ansel Adams, and some by Monet, because those were some of the folks I thought of who dealt with mist and fog in a variety of ways. Monet struck me as allowing mists to really mute colors and soften edges but his sense of highlighting really does take things to another level. He's always worth taking a look at.

Regarding this photo, I like the composition, as have others. I think the angular approach to the trees helps create a connection to the scene, that diagonal touch so often contributing to a viewer's participation. I think the fading from more to less clarity is also well used here visually.

"Had it been generously cropped to the right and darkness by two stops it could have been interesting."

I did think about that as well. I know, personally, I would have been tempted to do several exposures and lean toward the darkened versions. But, that, IMO, would be succumbing to the worst tendencies of this site, that "look at me, the great image maker" syndrome, and it would have, IMO, ruined the charm of this picture, the simplicity and fidelity of the image to the scene itself.

I have seen similar conditions in the past, light dispersed or diffused by the fog, low contrast, reduced shadows, very soft, mellow and relaxing to the eyes. Try viewing in grayscale, I find the photo equally appealing, the sharpness of the leaves on the forest floor in the foreground appear sharper in grayscale, so my eyes tell me.....My only criticism of the photo is the color saturation. My memory tells me that when in the fog, colors are somewhat subdued, less brilliant, less intensity, but my memory might be a bit fuzzy.....Great picture overall.