Strid Wood

Strid Wood,Bolton Abbey West Yorks, taken last Saturday.

Hi everyone - never tried photographing woodland before but inspired by the recent posts to have a bash. Most went straight in the bin but I quite like this one and one other with a couple of walkers.

Right lets hear the worst!

Techs - 1d2n 17-40, 0.8sec F16, ISO100. Almost full frame, chopped a nasty bit off the left and a bit off the bottom. Processed entirely in LR.

John

Based on my very limited knowledge this a clear picture that makes you feel that you could get into the picture and walk in the woods.

Nothing wrong with this one, John! I would try to avoid hot spots of sky in the frame. On the other hand I like inviting path very much and colour is right there too.

Cheers,
Marko

Looks, as Marko says, a very inviting scene

That low branch would have to if the image was mine though, infact there's 3 of the little devils that I'd remove - all 3 are fighting with the strong vertical lines in this image in my eyes, but there again I'm no landscaper so what do I know

Possible candidate for David Clapps soft focus effect?

As Marko says, colour is good - and you can walk down that path. I would be tempted to shoot from a lower angle, it would bring the dark branches that cross the path further up in the frame and make them less intrusive.

Andrew

You've had some good feedback here already - for me the composition is fine, the branch would annoy me too (although you can't chop it off!), a touch more saturation wouldn't go amiss and David's soft focus effect would almost certainly help.

Mark

Hey up John,
I see you went up high I guess to escape the world and his wife, nice shot interesting about the crossing branches never would've thought of removing those, reckon it would work.



Tim

I like the framing of this one, and the path leads away from the frame nicely. I do think that if this had been taken on a brighter day, there might have been a bit more colour in the leaves. As it is, it looks a bit flat on my monitor.

Cheers,

Dan.

Very nice image, the lead in created by the path works very well. As mentioned by Andy some of the branches are a little distracting. I doubt you can clone them out easily so probably easier to simply reshoot from a different vantage point with that in mind. It can be really hard to notice little details like that at the time. A brighter day would probably give the image much more colour and contrast and I'd also suggest you have a look here for some web sharpening ideas which can make a big difference to forum sized images: http://pacificnw.naturephotographers.net/tips/photoshop.htm
Tristan

I know "jack" about landscapes but this is good John. A nice image. Funnily enough for someone that knows "jack", I too find the horizontal branches a bit distracting. Perhaps I'm learning a bit at last Nicely processed colour wise

Nicely composed to my eye John, and looks like ideal conditions to avoid the problems of dappled light.

I like it

Alan

I like the comp, the vanishing point for the path works well also.

Brian