Lean but not mean!!

• DaveMurdoch

  Participant

  January 18, 2012 at 8:50 pm

  I seem to never have time these days to get out,even tho i`ve got more than i`ve ever had :?

  Here`s one from a couple of weeks ago.
  comments welcome.

  
  fguihen

  Participant

  January 18, 2012 at 9:58 pm

  lovely texture, pin sharp, great sky contrast and nice composition. i like this mage!
  I would like if the lake wasnt cut off in the left but thats only a minor complaint.
  tex

  Member

  January 19, 2012 at 10:43 am

  In my opinion the main point of focus here is the tree and for that reason I feel that you have far too much foreground in your picture which distracts from the main event. Otherwise your photo is very good if a little cold.
  donalglackin

  Participant

  January 19, 2012 at 11:46 am

  very nice shot, would agree with fguihen though a bit more of the scene to the left would be nice.
  RASMITH32

  Member

  January 19, 2012 at 6:13 pm

  Nice shot , a couple of things stand out for me. I would have tried to get a bit higher such that the smaller distant tree could have been isolated from the land behind it. You would have had a nice leading line running from the forground tree to the distant one which would have balanced the shot nicely. Seems to be some bright haloing around the foreground tree. Not sur eif thi sis related to the processing or if it was just the lighting on the day?, Its hard to know sometimes but even when it is natural it can still be distracting.

  That all sounds negative but I do like the shots love the lines and the B&W conversion has dealth nicely with the flat light
  DaveMurdoch

  Participant

  January 20, 2012 at 4:00 pm

  fguihen wrote:

  lovely texture, pin sharp, great sky contrast and nice composition. i like this mage!
  I would like if the lake wasnt cut off in the left but thats only a minor complaint.

  Thanks fguihen :)
  The lake is actually Strangford Lough and nearly surrounds the island so its impossible to not cut if off..
  I no what you mean tho :wink:

  tex wrote:

  In my opinion the main point of focus here is the tree and for that reason I feel that you have far too much foreground in your picture which distracts from the main event. Otherwise your photo is very good if a little cold.

  Thanks for commenting tex :)
  The tree is the main POF but i wanted to include the wee track that leads up to it then splits either side..

  donalglackin wrote:

  very nice shot, would agree with fguihen though a bit more of the scene to the left would be nice.

  Thank you 8)

  RASMITH32 wrote:

  Nice shot , a couple of things stand out for me. I would have tried to get a bit higher such that the smaller distant tree could have been isolated from the land behind it. You would have had a nice leading line running from the forground tree to the distant one which would have balanced the shot nicely. Seems to be some bright haloing around the foreground tree. Not sur eif thi sis related to the processing or if it was just the lighting on the day?, Its hard to know sometimes but even when it is natural it can still be distracting.

  That all sounds negative but I do like the shots love the lines and the B&W conversion has dealth nicely with the flat light

  I hadn`t noticed that with the distant tree!! Now you`ve pointed it out i no just what you mean…
  I think another visit is called for :roll: The light was quite poor that day…
  I knew there was a bit of haloing but i didn`t think it stood out that much!!
  Its a 2 shot HDR,i`ll maybe have another shot at processing it..

  Thanks for the comments 8)