Hardwoods

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 21, 2012168 views10 comments

This was taken at Fort Harrison State Park in Indiana a couple of weeks ago. I had a lot of fun trying to find a good composition midst all the underbrush but finally settled on the use of tree trunks for leading lines. Please let me know if this is too busy and cluttered. Thanks for looking.

Canon T1i
1/60 sec f/9.0 50mm

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10 comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 21, 2012 at 10:01 PM

I like the comp a lot. Very orderly for so much chaos. Natural color and light, too. Well done.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on October 21, 2012 at 10:37 PM

It does feel a bit busy but the repetition in the trunks help to tie it together. I like the mixture of greens and yellows here. Nice sense of transition.

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Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on October 22, 2012 at 12:30 AM

The ordered trunks lessen the business very well. Nice composition.

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Comment posted by Peter Richter on October 22, 2012 at 3:10 AM

A very appealing and nicely balanced composition for me, Nancy. I especially like the repetitive pattern of the trunks together with the diversity of colors in the foliage.

The larger version could use a bit more sharpening for the web in my opinion, to show the textures of the barks and the foreground elements. But that is only a minor matter for me. I enjoy the image as it is.

Peter

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on October 22, 2012 at 7:35 AM

Very nice Nancy, really like the forest scenes, and this is no exception, beautiful color and comp. Well done.
John

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on October 22, 2012 at 10:30 AM

Peaceful forest scene. The image is a bit busy, but the big trunks on the left do a nice job of anchoring things and the repeating lines of all the trunks lend coherence. It works.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on October 22, 2012 at 12:40 PM

Not too busy, but the balance feels a bit off to me--the two trunks on the lhs feel a bit heavy, whereas most of the scene is light leaves and thin trunks. I prefer a crop of just the rhs--using the rhs tree as a border.

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Comment posted by Dan Roberts on October 22, 2012 at 1:21 PM

Not too busy IMO. I recently failed miserably at capturing a similar scene. Well done.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on October 22, 2012 at 4:01 PM

This is nice! Not to busy for me as it just seems to have a nice natural look. The small version has a nicer crisp look.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on October 22, 2012 at 5:08 PM

I like all of the details and how my eyes start with the two big, dark trees and follow the trees to the right and into the distance. I feel that the area left of the two big trees distracts from that flow, so I wonder about cropping some of that out or possibly burning it in so it attracts less attention. It's a lovely rendition of an eastern forest.

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