Posted by Harald Rust on September 2, 2007 at 5:22 PM
Love the moody feeling and subdued colors. Great capture of the foggy landscape.
Inspires me to get out and take some photos again.
Harald
Posted by Hans Hibbard on September 2, 2007 at 6:09 PM
What a dreary scene (not in a bad way). What I like about this photo is the simultaneous slope of the trees and land in the background. I think this would work better, for me, if it were cropped to somewhat of a pano; just above the sand in the foreground (leaving a little grass) and just a bit off of the clouds to further accentuate the trees.
Just my opinion. Nice work Michael.
Posted by Mark Windom on September 2, 2007 at 6:17 PM
Very nice mood to this. I actually like it better as a pano, cropped just above the FG grasses and about an inch down from the top.
Posted by Edward Thomas on September 2, 2007 at 8:19 PM
I agree, I would like to see this in a 2:3 pano type of crop. But maybe I'd just crop out some of the sky and leave the bottom if that would work. The bottom grasses and sand are very sharp and interesting. They kind of anchor the composition for me. They also get a kind of subliminal sweeping "S" curve thing happening.
Having said that, the upper clouds are probably what add a lot to the mood of the shot, so maybe I wouldn't do anything at all and just call it great...
Posted by michael medina on September 2, 2007 at 8:33 PM
i have an image that has none of the foreground stuff and can be cropped to a pano, and i have a vertical that has more of the fg and sky they all have a different mood. i'm lothe to lose any of the highlights in the upper sky of this and the vertical and the straight pano is very boring, so i'm not sure that much crop is going to make much of a difference.
now that i read all of Edward's post i see he said part of that.
What a perfect PNW scene! I think I like it better without the fg plants. The little wind ripples in the water is strong enough imo to hold interest in the fg without detracting from the finger of land and the tree reflections. In fact I like how the ripples cross through the reflections of the tall trees in the right fg.
Posted by Mark Hudon on September 3, 2007 at 10:44 AM
Yeah, bag the foreground and gimme all the rest. It's dreary, it's cool!
Posted by michael medina on September 4, 2007 at 1:37 AM
thanks for all your comments, i think it's a case like this image http://www.naturephotographers.net/imagecritique/bbs.cgi?a=vm&mr=19930&b=se&st=0&la=51&ph=12&sid=29044&u=29103
where the fg is nothing great, but removing it removes the a large part of the mood and depth of the image
when i get the other images finished up, i'll see if there's anything to those and maybe post those
Discussion
8 repliesthanks for your comments / suggestions
pentax 67, fuji velvia 50, 75mm lens at f16-22, 2stop gnd
Inspires me to get out and take some photos again.
Harald
Just my opinion. Nice work Michael.
Having said that, the upper clouds are probably what add a lot to the mood of the shot, so maybe I wouldn't do anything at all and just call it great...
now that i read all of Edward's post i see he said part of that.
Harald Rust's post makes it all worth it for me
where the fg is nothing great, but removing it removes the a large part of the mood and depth of the image
when i get the other images finished up, i'll see if there's anything to those and maybe post those
mmm