our beautiful planet ii Green Bridge, Autumn

You are looking up-river to the south, the morning sun is juststarting to rise over the forest tree-tops. A cold breeze is blowingdown through the valley.

I would be interested in knowing if you find this to be an attractivephotograph. Your thoughts, especially those regarding composition, areinvited. If you have the time, I suggest viewing the LARGER size.Thank you.

Walter i can't help but find that my eye instantly gravitates to the lit trees farther down stream. The shadows all through out the image don't seem to compliment this small well lit area to me, but they do contrast it nicely. The darker stream, left bank and shadowy bridge are not very interesting to me, but I can't help but want to see more of the saturated green tree in the sunlight. In one sense i find this image successful as my eye is pulled down stream to those trees, but I'm not sure that is the purpose of the image. I'm not sure if you really wanted me to focus on the bridge instead.

Thanks Jim for the comment. Confused you say? Well, I wanted to try something different here and have the bridge serve as a foil or backdrop for the bright Fall color in the trees. This way, I get the frame sectioned into juxtaposed quadrants of light and dark. But, perhaps the trees are too strong. If I had waited 30 minutes the sun would have been lighting up the bridge but I would have lost the dramatic lighting on the trees. Sort of a difficult situation.

By the way, I edited this to a smaller size and reposted. Thanks again for the feedback! Regards.

I'm a big fan of dark blues in skies... you did a good job with that.

Thanks Scott, I love those Velvia Blues too! Regards.

I think the crop helps highlight the lit trees more so than the last version. You lose some of the leading lines from the stream, but ultimately there is better balance in this version. With the goal of having the bridge as a backdrop and not a focal point I think composition plays a key role in an image like this.

ohhhhh, but is beautiful!! color impressive, is only film response or other postprocessing manipulation?

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Thanks Alessandro! The color is from the film response. It is Fuji Velvia 50 (RVP) and it has a very rich response. I did adjust some Levels in Photoshop to balance the exposure and aslo used some Unsharp Masking but that was all.

Jim, yes I thnk the square crop is better too, but I miss the lines in the water also. I cropped the top and bottom in equal amounts to get this square and still preserve the open feeling at the tree tops. I am thinking that I should only have cropped off the top. This would also move the bridge closer to the horizon and give it more strength (I think). Regards.

Beautiful image; colours are really lovely.

 

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Magnifco encuadre y perfecto color,, saludos,

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Hi Walter, nice light, beautiful sky and reflection in this! pnet is messing with my ability to rate it appropriately tho, hmm I am hardly ever around here lately, sheesh...

Now Becky, at this juncture in your life, what could possibly take precedence over sitting in front of your monitor rating my photographs on PhotoNET? It is simply unfathomable to me! But thanks for the comment (and Rating). Regards.

Walter, I am admiring your mastery of exposure here. Having used Velvia in these sorts of conditions I am impressed with how you have captured the sunlit and the shadow bits. Having said that the bridge does recede a bit compared to the sunlit trees on the right. Maybe if the bridge was closer and bigger? Don't know - just thinking aloud. It works better in the larger format. Maybe a BIG print?

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Beautiful capture , were you standing in the creek or on shore ...

Is that important Jeff? But to answer your question I was in the water with my fishing waders.The water where I am standing is not that deep and I was able to set my tripod without a problem. This stretch of the Rocky River (actually downstream a bit) is famous for its Spring run of Steelhead. Though this was shot in Fall I thought I would try to catch a straggler.