The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.
Description
Green moss, orange grasses and red leaves of some kind of small berries: although there are no trees or other larger vegetation, the color palette is rich. I scrambled around for a long time, seeing many different scenes worth capturing.
Specific Feedback
All remarks about the composition are welcome (others as well). The original file showed a bit of sky, that I cropped. Do you miss something?
Technical Details
Pentax K3 Mk. III, 55-300 @108mm, 1/125s, f/11, ISO1600, handheld.
RAW conversion in DxO PL6, slight crop, small corrections in curves.
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Hi @Han_Schutten, What a lovely scene you have presented us with. I really love the tones you have captured, they look really naturally radiant. I wonder if you gave a bit more space to top of the hill and showed some of the blue tones that would provide a nice counterbalance? Well seen and processed!
Oh, I like that Han! What rich color, and the way it channels and flows is striking. The foreground rocks are a wonderful base for the image, and from there it is like your eye is being led through a visual candy store.
If you had it, a slight bit more room at the top would leave that swell less crowded. Another option I like is a crop that removes the distance.
A lovely scene – definitely flowing! The rocks and lichen (?) in the FG are so interesting, as is the assortment of vegetation in the mid-ground. So many ways to treat this unique scene – and all of them good! I might think about punching the contrast just a bit in the mid-ground…
I think @John_Williams and I are sharing a brain today as my first reaction was to crop off the top in the exact spot John suggested, and then I saw his crop suggestion. The colors and textures are wonderful. I’m not on a calibrated monitor at the moment but it does appear a bit bright, and I think darkening it and adding a smidge of contrast could make this even better.
Han, the colors are amazing and I like the zig-zag of the small valley. John’s crop makes this more abstract and feels a bit tight to me. If you have the latest version of PS, adding canvas pixels at the top and using generative fill can provide a bit more breathing room up there.
Thank you all @Michael_Lowe , @John_Williams , @Dave_Douglass , @Diane_Miller , @Mark_Seaver, @Bret_Edge and @guy for your comments.
I have many more images of this area, some tighter cropped, some wider. So I can very well understand the suggestion of @John_Williams and @Bret_Edge for a more abstract crop. This was a paradise to stroll around.
For those who wish some more space at the top, I add the original image before the crop. Photoshop can invent some extra canvas, but it already is in the file. I think that the small strip of sky doesn’t add much, and it is a bright eye catcher, that is the reason that I cropped that part. Maybe PS can enhance nature a bit
Hi Han,
This looks be be an amazing place and certainly a visual treat; with all those lovely colors; for the landscape photographer. this scene has a nice diagonal flow from the ULC to the LRC that is very engaging. I do like the crop that @John_Williams came up with as it seems to emphasize that diagonal flow even more. Either way you go you definitely have a winner!
