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The world beyond

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Posted by Mike Smith on September 30, 2008 at 4:39 PM
The world beyond
From last Friday, simple conversion to black and white, Olympus E-3, 50-200 at 50mm, tripod, iso 100, manual exposure
Posted by Brett Lewis on September 30, 2008 at 4:46 PM
I quite like this but I would have preferred the gate to be open..

Brett
Posted by John Robinson on September 30, 2008 at 5:33 PM
Yes I can see the idea behind this but the gate seems to be overpowering. But hey - I,m no landscaper !
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Tom_W on September 30, 2008 at 5:50 PM
What's dominating is the black at the bottom. If you crop about 100pixels of the bottom it comes less about the gate and more about distant opportunity making you want to get there. I like B&W and the tree framing.
Posted by Paul Ashton on October 1, 2008 at 4:18 AM
This is very good. The tonal range is excellent. The composition is well balanced with the subject matter falling onto roughly three equal plains. The tree on the left, the nearest tree on the right and the central post all lead the eye deep into the picture. To get a landscape to work with a featureless sky is not easy.
Posted by Kim Connolly on October 1, 2008 at 9:20 AM
I like this very much, a splendid composition.
Posted by Paul Inglis on October 4, 2008 at 4:14 AM
Hi Mike,

Lovely B+W landscape. I agree with Tom's cropping suggestion.
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