The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.
Description
I was shooting agave in the back yard of my Palm Springs rental, when I decided to go ICM with it (which I’ll share another day). Then I decided it was a radial composition, so zoom exposure was a good choice. I got my tripod and played with a few different speeds. This one is among my favorites. It’s almost straight out of camera, just some sharpening and contrast. No crop.
Specific Feedback
I was mostly just playing around, but I’m wondering if this has appeal. What I love about it is the color and the radial pattern with a subtle sense of the blades. As usual, I’m open to any and all feedback.
Technical Details
Canon 5DIV with 24-105mm starting at 105 mm and zooming out
ISO 100, f/22, 1/2 sec, tripod
No filter, just used f-stop to extend the exposure.
This overhead agave view is a really cool and attractive photo @Marylynne_Diggs. I’m enjoying the high key effect offset by varied green hues throughout. Also, the plant’s center is slightly below the center of the frame, which I think was a good choice. Nicely seen and captured!
Excellent, Marylynne. I really like the feeling of motion in this image, yet it retains a feel of the agave that it originated from. Seems to me I’ve seen this effect in some sci-fi movie where they were entering a time warp or changing to warp speed
I really like the feel of this image. It’s one of those images that could stay on the wall for a long time.
Marylynne, there’s a great sense of flow here. The high key aspect works very well also, especially with all of the light green and blue tones. I’m surprised about the center being off center, since I thought zooming make everything flow from the center. Where you’ve got the “center” does fit very well.
@Mark_Seaver : I double checked to see if I did trim a tish off the bottom, but I didn’t. On the tripod, I aimed higher because I didn’t like some flaws on the lower leaves, so I think that when I zoomed out, the composition stayed as initially set, and there was more zooming on the top because of the angle of the lens. That would explain too the slightly more clear edges in the bottom.
I know you are not questioning my veracity, but here’s a screenshot showing the develop panel. Any technical explanations of how I achieved this would be appreciated. I’m sure I couldn’t duplicate it if I tried! And, yeah, there are some other interesting ones I’ll share today and tomorrow or the next day. I had to catch up on my day job. Can’t wait til that ends!!
Interesting…I suspect you’re right about having the camera at an angle to the subject. I may have to do some “testing” to see if I can verify that idea.
Marylynne: I thought I commented on this one earlier but clearly I did not. . Like I mentioned on your more recent post the color palette is especially nice and I love the energy implied. Top notch result. >=))>
. Like I mentioned on your more recent post the color palette is especially nice and I love the energy implied. Top notch result. >=))>