Aspens

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 18, 2010153 views6 comments

Forest of aspens, Sangre de Cristo mountains, New Mexico. Playing around with the some panning motion during the exposure. Had considered a crop off the bottom, but left it all in there to get feedback one way or another.
Canon 40D, 70-200mm at f32, iso100, 0.4"

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Wayne Jones on April 18, 2010 at 12:49 PM

Greg,
This is one of those "what the heck IS that?" abstracts that is fun to look at. The lines, forms and shadows are eye-catching despite a lack of bright colors. Not sure about those two short lighter spots on the bottom. I don't find them objectionable, but I don't think the contribute to the comp, either. This is so non-descript that it could be just about anything. I guess that's a good thing for an abstract, but I sort of wish there were some little clue in the image as to what the subject is -- sort of SEMI-abstract, I guess. (But consider the source of that comment -- I don't know about art. That's why I am on NPN trying to learn.)

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on April 18, 2010 at 2:28 PM

Your panning technique has definately worked on this Greg, it looks great. I like the subtle colours.

Gary.

Registered on April 15, 2010, 142 Posts, 2416 Comments

Comment posted by Will Campbell on April 18, 2010 at 2:34 PM

Really like the subtle tones of this Greg that adds to the painterly feeling. I think it could warrant a crop but also think it's fine as is. A really nice shot.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on April 18, 2010 at 5:35 PM

Would never have taken those for aspens. Totally abstract for sure.

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Comment posted by Ron Richins on April 20, 2010 at 10:33 AM

Fantastic abstract. Well done on the pan.

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Comment posted by Tom Nevesely on April 20, 2010 at 12:24 PM

Very cool! It has a dreamy quality that I really like.

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