Rural scene I

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted November 16, 20162,992 views6 comments

With this capture I would like to start a series of rural scenes from Forest Quarter, the northwestern region of Lower Austria. The first snow last week accentuated the structures interestingly to me.

Comments and critique are appreciated.

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Ana on November 16, 2016 at 4:01 PM

The graphic nature of the fields really appeals to me; I think I would like them even by themselves without the trees on the horizon. The trees and horizon are not engaging me that much but I'm not sure why. It could be I am tripping over the blank area in the lower left; without the trees, the image becomes pure texture and lines and that space fits in, but with the trees it seems empty.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on November 16, 2016 at 7:20 PM

Peter, That first snow added such a nice graphic quality to this image and I'm quite enjoying it. Doing a scroll crop I decided I like it best as you have it here. Have not had our first snow here but it will be coming soon...Nick

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on November 17, 2016 at 2:44 AM

The frost and patterns certainly work very well IMO. I would crop above that bottom horizontal line as it disrupts the visual flow from bottom to top.

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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on November 18, 2016 at 2:37 PM

I like the barren look and the graphic composition. You could bring up the highlights a bit but that would change the mood.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on November 19, 2016 at 11:54 PM

Peter

The B&W conversion certainly bring out the graphical nature of the image. Like Kah Kit, I find the horizontal line at the bottom disruptive; crop it as suggested by him or alternatively try rotating the image so that the line is horizontal rather than slightly sloping and see it improves the visual impact.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on December 6, 2016 at 8:28 PM

Interesting, almost B&W photo Peter. I like the lines of the field running down the slope. It has kind of a soapbox derby look.

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