Pines on the loch Maree

This is a new scan of an old shot taken in october 2002 in Scotland.

Thank you to rate and comment.

Hi Henri, nice image. It looks very grainy for Superia, is this down to the scan? Your folio has some fantastic work, I like it a lot.

 

Ben

Thank you Ben. I think that the grainy appearance is due to the fact that this is heather you can see on the mountain.

I thought the colours looked like Scotland. Very distinctive and well captured too.

Wonderful composition! I really like this a lot!

Thank you Colin and Lou Ann. Could you please tell me if this one is better than the croped version I had posted two years ago here ?

I would have to say that I like this better than the cropped version ... it seems to have a bit better balance. But, that said, they are both pleasing to me. :-)

Thank you Lou Ann. Sure, the balance and general quality is better (in particular because this one is scanned from the negative and the other from the paper print), but I wanted to know particularly your opinion about the framing. Personnaly, two years ago I did not like the whole frame et had croped it, and now I have changed my opinion and prefer this one.

Henri, I guess that what I'm looking at is the fact that in this version you've got about 50% slope, 35% trees and 15% water. I like those proportions, because the slope is smooth and has graceful lines and balances out the textures in the trees. In the other shot, you've got about 30% slope, 50% trees and 20% water. For some reason, I don't prefer to have the trees so very prominent. That's what I meant by "balance".

 

When you ask about the "frame", are you talking about the white mat-like area that you added (as many of us do) around the image this time that you didn't on the other image? If that is the case, I can take or leave it....

Your question about the frame is good because I never knows if I use the good word. I find the same english word, "frame", for the "white mat-like area that you added around the image" (in french "le cadre" or "l'encadrement") and for the hole content of the image, what I see in my viewer in other words, or what I choose to leave in my final image (in french "le cadrage"). What is the good word in this case ?

I think that "frame" is probably acceptable in both cases. I usually use the word "compose" to be clear that I mean "what you see in the viewfinder" ... or what is presented to me here on the screen.

 

For example, I like the composition of this image better than the other for the reasons that I stated above. Or I might say that this is a better crop. But I am sure that someone would say that this is better framed. I guess that might be my last choice of wording because it is a bit confusing.

 

Gosh, I wish I spoke French........ ;-) C'est la vie!

Mmmm..I doubt if the graininess is due to the heather. It looks more like it is slightly oversharpened. The trees suffer from it too. Otherwise nice composition & colors.