Iced Conifer, Augusta County, Virginia. March 2009 (#093813)

I have three views of this tree taken within minutes of each other.

They all strike me more or less the same. Do you prefer one over the

other?

What I mean by "They all strike me more or less the same" is that their emotional content doesn't seem to be any different. I selected 0937962 as the one worth printing, but the emotive differences between them felt insignificant.

Un gran modelo.

Saludos.

Great job ....................................regards

Interesting to read your comments.

 

I do feel a different emotional pull between this one and 0930811 (the one next to this on your workspace page).

 

The other feels more symmetrical, more placid. This one, where the tree is a little more off balance and especially because it includes the bare branches in the background, providing a little more context and even some tension between foreground and background, has a different energy, perhaps a little more energized. For me, those aspects make this a more compelling photo. The other feels more like a study. This feels more like a place.

 

The softness of the textures and colors is nicely handled. I've thought several times recently about photos that seem to lend themselves to black and white because of so little color and why I might keep them in color nevertheless. I think this is a good example of one that works in color, though the color is so very subtle.

Thanks Fred,

 

Sorry to take so long in getting back to you.

 

"The other feels more like a study. This feels more like a place."

 

That's very interesting to me, and will cause me to take future pictures a little more carefully, I think. I don't suppose there's a better of the two, is there? I mean, would a study be preferred over a place, in general, or vice versa?

 

" I think this is a good example of one that works in color, though the color is so very subtle."

 

Agreed. In black and white it is diminished.

Wonderful works, exposure and composition are great, thanks for share