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Spring Fog

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Posted by Stan Rose on May 16, 2011 at 1:15 PM
Spring Fog
I drove up RRR to see the Spring Snow yesterday--it was lovely (fun ride down too through the mud--nearly slid off the cliff!) and since i was stuck in the fog, i experimented with some negative space. Am curious if this shot works for you or not??
Posted by Lynn Scott on May 16, 2011 at 1:32 PM
Works for me :) Glad you didn't slide off the cliff!!
Posted by Dave Showalter` on May 16, 2011 at 2:50 PM
Becaus of the tree in the lower RH. there's just enough depth to make the negative space work great. I really want to know what's in the abyss.... and I'm glad it's not you. :eek:
Posted by Scott Fricke on May 16, 2011 at 3:18 PM
Sorry Stan, I don't think it works, to me the negative space isn't adding anything to the composition. Glad to here you stayed on the road, I've had that happen off-road a couple times, it'll certainly get the adrenaline pumping!
Posted by Soubhik Patranabis on May 16, 2011 at 4:29 PM
Nice one Stan .
Posted by Dan Walters on May 16, 2011 at 4:49 PM
Love the simple comp and the fog in the background. Very nice.
Posted by Todd Caudle on May 16, 2011 at 5:13 PM
It works for me, Stan. If you added a corner vignette (there appears to be a slight one), I'd increase it. If you didn't, I'd add one. That would kind of zero in the viewer's choice when looking into the abyss.
Posted by John Mumaw on May 16, 2011 at 6:41 PM
For me, those wind misshapen trees bending backwards are what makes the empty space so critical to the image.
I like this one a lot! I hate to pile on, but this one easily trumps the image you posted in the 'Landscape' gallery.
Posted by Howard Cihak on May 17, 2011 at 1:18 AM
Definitely works, Stan. Without the empty space, it would be just a ho-hum image. And, to borrow a line from a long ago cop show on TV, "Be careful out there." :wink:
Posted by Doug Koepsel on May 17, 2011 at 9:18 PM
I like this with the foggy background space. Might you have been able to position a little lower to get some separation between the two left trees?
Posted by Paul Wegemann on May 18, 2011 at 8:26 AM
I like this one, Stan. The snow and fog are wonderful. I don't much care for the tree in the LRC though. Maybe some creative cloning and cropping?
Posted by Adam Schallau on May 19, 2011 at 12:33 PM
The negative space works for me! I'b a big fan of negative space, even though I have a bad habit of trying to cram too much into the frame in my own work.
Posted by James H Egbert on May 20, 2011 at 8:33 AM
I try not to be so negative now that I don't shoot print film, but this is a perfect use of negative spacing! LOL Very good :toast: