The photographer is looking for thoughtful feedback on the image as a whole, especially around the areas noted below.
Feedback Focus: Artistic / Expressive
About This Image
… or what passes for woods out here in the dry west. Yesterday was Girls’ Day Out and my daughters and granddaughter wanted to visit a nearby petrified forest. I’d been there once, years ago, and found it underwhelming (despite an interesting history) and it was a bright sunny day, so I planned ahead (for once) and brought a ND filter. There were some interesting opportunities on the trail and now I’m planning to go back again. This is three shots of the same tree.
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Technical Details
Image 1
Camera: Canon EOS R5
Lens: RF70-200mm F4 L IS USM
Focal length: 200mm
Shutter speed: 1/8s
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 1000
Image 2
Camera: Canon EOS R5
Lens: RF70-200mm F4 L IS USM
Focal length: 200mm
Shutter speed: 1/8s
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 1000
Image 3
Camera: Canon EOS R5
Lens: RF70-200mm F4 L IS USM
Focal length: 156mm
Shutter speed: 1/8s
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 1000
All are single exposures minimally processed in LR. Some rotation to straighten out verticals and slight crops from the sides.
Diane, It took me a moment to figure out what I was looking at. Image 1 looks like a tree reflection in a blue lake, it’s beautiful. View 2 is cool but view 3 is really fun. What a great Girl’s Day!!
Alice
Thanks, @alice ! As much as I love to (try to) shoot reflections, the similarity never occurred to me. Flip it upside down and it could almost pass for a reflection.
Kudos for not only being prepared, but for being able to combine family and photography. I’ve found ICMs are a qreat way to get in some photography without having to have those family members always waiting around for you…
The first one is not quite as engaging as the other two. For me, on the border between between enough motion and the question if the motion was intentional or not.
I’m really liking the motion and subject in the next two. What I would really like is a combination of the both of them. I find the motion of the middle image to be very pleasing; whispy, yet distinct. The white, taller tree makes me think of a radio town on top of a skyscraper in Dubai, or even the Eiffel Tower. But the third image is what I wish the second one had, and that is space above the tall tree! So, I’m really liking the second image, just wish the tree top didn’t extend through the frame. Not a huge deal. I like the top half of the third image, with the bottom half of the second… I hope I didn’t confuse things too much.
Good points, @Lon_Overacker – thanks! I normally like things to end gracefully before the frame as well. It was an easy fix on this one – add some blank canvas top and sides and clone out the top in a gentle gradient. Posted above.
Hi Diane - bottom two made me think of a bad hair day whilst the first one has an interesting and unusual texture created by the movement of the camera - lots of horseshoe shapes - very nice
Thanks, @Lon_Overacker and @Huw_Thomas ! I never have a clue how the shapes are going to turn out and someday I’m going to fall over trying to chimp before I’ve quit moving the camera.
