Posted by Cory Freeman on January 29, 2007 at 10:08 PM
Woke up yesterday morning with a couple inches of snow on the ground. So I headed for the hills and spent the late afternoon exploring and doing some photography of the freshly fallen snow. Taken in the buttermilk region near sunset, looking towards Mt. Tom. I really liked the soft "painterly" ligth that was present.
I started setting up a composition with just the footprints, but found I really liked the effect the two brush added when shown crossing the footprints as shown. I feel it creates a bit of tension in the image. I would appreciate any thoughts you might have about this.
canon 5d, 24-105, tripod, cold toes.....
Posted by Dan Truong on January 30, 2007 at 1:40 AM
Nice idea.
Nitpicks: I feel there's too much sky, and that the snow is too dark. The montain could use some contrast or sharpening.
Posted by John W. Wall on January 30, 2007 at 1:43 PM
I wish I was there... I'd prefer to see the tracks going away from the camera.
Posted by Eric A. Rosen on January 30, 2007 at 4:21 PM
Very nice..
Posted by Cory Freeman on January 31, 2007 at 12:27 AM
I was wondering what you think of the resulting composition if the blue section in the upper most portion of the sky was cropped off? It is ok as is, but I find the scene to be too predictable. Removing that section of the sky will add additional tension to the scene.
Posted by Cory Freeman on January 31, 2007 at 10:33 AM
Anil: hmm.....I'm not sure I'm following you. Could you elaborate on "predictable"? By predictable, do you mean ordinary? You've piqued(sp?) my interest here. I think I see now what you mean by cropping the top off a bit. I'll have to play with that and see how it feels. Thanks for the critique!
The topmost portion of the sky shows the clouds as one would expect them (nicely defined against some clear sky). This removes much of the mystery because I now know what the remainder of the sky must have looked like. Nothing wrong with it, but its just too predictable in my opinion. If you removed that section you leave the viewer wondering. In this particular photo, I am left wondering about the foot-prints at the bottom and so I thought if you did the same with the sky it would add to the tension.
BTW, these are just some random thoughts in one crazy mind. I love this photo no matter how you present it .Those footprints really make it for me, specially the fact that they are coming back toward the photographer.
Posted by Cory Freeman on January 31, 2007 at 9:52 PM
thanks for the additional clarity Anil. That's what I figured. I got to thinking about this photo today and it dawned on me that most photos like this probably show the footprints heading into the scene. I guess the way I've shown it adds a bit more intrigue to it? Maybe that's what caught my eye in the first place, but I wasn't consciously aware?
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8 repliesI started setting up a composition with just the footprints, but found I really liked the effect the two brush added when shown crossing the footprints as shown. I feel it creates a bit of tension in the image. I would appreciate any thoughts you might have about this.
canon 5d, 24-105, tripod, cold toes.....
Nitpicks: I feel there's too much sky, and that the snow is too dark. The montain could use some contrast or sharpening.
I was wondering what you think of the resulting composition if the blue section in the upper most portion of the sky was cropped off? It is ok as is, but I find the scene to be too predictable. Removing that section of the sky will add additional tension to the scene.
The topmost portion of the sky shows the clouds as one would expect them (nicely defined against some clear sky). This removes much of the mystery because I now know what the remainder of the sky must have looked like. Nothing wrong with it, but its just too predictable in my opinion. If you removed that section you leave the viewer wondering. In this particular photo, I am left wondering about the foot-prints at the bottom and so I thought if you did the same with the sky it would add to the tension.
BTW, these are just some random thoughts in one crazy mind.