Glowing Tufts

Love this! superbly presented and captured

Congrats!

Gosh. Having read all the comments I'm lost, this image leaves me cold. Composition (my

eye wanders but stops nowhere), colour (too flat), graphic (there are shapes but really just

blobs) .....nope.

It must have been nice taking the shot! Perhaps a shot from a few minutes early or lower

(or both) would

have made the difference. It must be the light sky/low contrast that has left me

unenthused.

Wow, to be generic in my expletive. The benefits of the tilt-shift in the area of depth-of-field are very evident here. Anyone interested should check out this great article here on photo.net

 

http://www.photo.net/photo/canon/tilt-shift

 

great work, and congrats on POTW

This is a very pretty scene, no doubt, but really this belongs in the giant celestial folder in the sky called "Pretty Evening Light Filtering Through the Grass". Most of us, of course, have a few guilty shots like this in our folders (I can provide direct links to mine Congrats, Eric, but a quick glance at your work is all one needs to find more interesting work: even similar stuff.

Very nice shot, Eric. The simple foreground adds much interest to this shot and I like the sunburst effect you captured.

I also thank you for so graciously explaining your merging technique. I look forward to trying it myself.

OOOOOh! That "crisp" light! The tufts look like something from a science fiction landscape. Lovely!

its a good image, however i'd like to see a better angle on this shot. there is alot of detail that goes unnoticed..

still wonderful image.

Congratulations Eric, I knew you were going to get POW sooner or later. I quite like how the grasses stand in such contrast to the asphalt like earth.

This photography is in my own opinion one of the greatest digital shots i`ve ever seen. I have no technical points to point out... it jumped right out at me...caught my attention to the finest..... i now must say that conventional film will be working real hard now to do what digital can do (again my own opinion). ***tear*** I love my 35mm

Thomas: Don't cry - as long there is Velvia, film won't be obsolete. Digital can't reproduce those unique colors - especially when you look to them with a good Leica... ;-)

Anyway, very nice shot - but I have to agree with Jeremy that there's much better work in Eric's folder.

Fantastic image, fantastic portfolio. Very nice to see some landscape imagery that goes beyond the golden hour cliche. Your work is well composed, well exposed, and enjoyable to look at. Thanks to photo.net for introducing me to you work.

Cheers

Amazing portfolio Eric, must've been hard to pickup only one POW.

I like the darkness of the ground between the tufts, making it look volcanic.

Also, thanks for having provided the above technical details, very informative!

amazing composition, excellent detail. good stuff I only critique the BEST pictures too (this might be my 5th time in 1 year)

-Felipe

Eric's portfolio is fantastic.... but not one of his best images at all. Eric has the skill to create compositions of sky and foregroung that are far more compeling: there are many examples of them in his portfolio.

Just my view.

 

Miguel

Nice landscape. Effect could have been enhanced if little more sky was included as I see some interesting details in the sky. Also there is some dark negative space at bottom which would have been omitted automatically due to inclusion of sky.

This image's appeal is its transcendental quality, as though the viewer is floating above the tufted grasses as if on a jet plane above tufted clouds late in the day near "sunset".

Great eye for composition and finding patterns in nature. Lots of excellent landscapes in the folders, a true learning experience.

Excellent Picture! I am curious as to what split ND filter you used?

I was wondering how this was even possible...then I read your explanation. It's particularly ingenious how you took two exposures, one metered for the sky, and the other metered for the foreground. This has to be one of the most realistic sunset photos I have ever seen.

I would call it the "Image of the Week" instead of "Photo of the Weel". Honestly, with that lightening conditions, to me, that image looks a great photoshop work instead that a great photo... but I might be wrong.

Geo's crop shows that he wanted less sky, and Yogesh wanted more sky and less dirt. There are always different tastes, but Eric's original gives the best feeling of flying over vastness, and shows why the rule of thirds works most of the time; this is no exception. Also, give Eric a hand for his considerable skill in the digital darkroom.

B/w crop etc.

The strength of this picture is not in the sun, or the clouds, but in the plants. Everything else we've seen before. Therefore, a composition without the horizon and all above it would be suffiicient, if not stronger.

Great light. Is the horizon horizonal?

Moderator note: Every once in a while, we need to remind people that the POW is not chosen as the "best photo" but as "the photo" for discussion this week. Please refrain from complaints or questions as to why this photo was chosen. It was picked from various other shots by all the elves as the shot for this week. Comments of this type will be deleted or edited according to the guidelines. As I had more than the usual I had to edit this week - I thought a reminder was needed as perhaps there are members posting that were unaware.

In reading the "About" link on photo.net's home page.. You will also note that if you have a problem with the choice and/or policy - it is something to be discussed on Help and Feedback.. Not the POW forum. Thanks.