Autumn Chaos I

There are many places in that park where such images can be made, but that does not make it easier. In fact this undergrowth that is so typical for the danube floodlands is so hard to photograph. I think you did really well. You found an interesting fg subject that gives guidance into the chaos. A series of images to approach this subject is probably the best way to do it. More images of this kind will strengthen the message.

A lot going on here Peter but I think the diagonal tree trunk add some order to the scene. I like the carpet of leaves as well.

Your composition is very effective in finding order out of the chaos of this forest. The strong diagonal moving the eye up through the image with the tree trunks in the upper right works extremely well. The carpet of autumn leaves is wonderful. Excellent work.

Chaos is one of my favorite subjects, i keep trying to do more of that with my shots. Of course, chaos does not imply 'random' so the key for me is whether there is structure/organization to the shot. I believe there is here, the balance is pretty good and so is the organization with strong thirds and the aforementioned diaganol. I'd like to give this an unequivocal 'thumbs-up' but there's somthing real nitty that bugs me here--the one twig that crosses diaganolly in the center here from the lhs--it's too insignificant to be a role player here, but just noticeable enough to be a distraction. Distraction in chaos may seem to be an oxymoron, but only if you disagree with my second sentence. And if you do, you'd be wrong Cool stuff though, Peter--keep it coming!

The processing has just the right amount of contrast and really adds a lot of depth to the photograph. An interesting and unique scene.

Michael

This is a tough place to photograph and compose an image but you did a great job. Yyou used the foreground object well to guide the viewer into this scene. The processing looks spot on to me. I like that carpet of leaves. I like this a lot.

Peter, You do such a wonderful job with the chaos in these forest scenes. You have a nack for making these very appealing to me. I love the leaf covered ground here too. Cheers!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI