# Barely Starting 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** landscape\ **Created:** [May 14, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/barely-starting-2/21781 "2021-05-14T19:53:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ed\_McGuirk](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ed_mcguirk/32/30542_2.png) [@Ed\_McGuirk](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ed_McGuirk)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/barely-starting-2/21781/1 "2021-05-14T19:53:04Z")
Here is the more intimate view of the forest shown in my prior post, it’s a different shot that eliminates the foreground apple trees. We’ve had a very cold spring this year that has pushed everything back, so the trees were just beginning to bud out. Taken on a rainy and foggy morning near the Quabbin Reservoir in Massachusetts. To me this image does a better job of showcasing the delicate colors of spring foliage, and is a more subtle view of springs emergence. I also like how the green lichen on the trees mingles with the greens of the background pines. ### Specific Feedback Requested Any critique or comments are welcome. ### Technical Details Is this a composite: No Canon 5D MK4, Canon 70-200mm f4 lens, at 164mm, ISO 400, 1/8 sec at f11. ![Barely Starting 2](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/0/3/034a11212179a2d39cf621a31196fc3a35b27ecf.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![João\_Ferrão](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/jo%C3%A3o_ferr%C3%A3o/32/23487_2.png) [@João\_Ferrão](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Jo%C3%A3o_Ferr%C3%A3o)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/barely-starting-2/21781/2 "2021-05-14T21:06:24Z")
The colour sure are subtle and delicate, which I adore. The fog and colour made the chaotic scene a a great image with layers and order. The green likens and their round shaped creates an imersive secondary pattern of interest. There’s nothing I would change. Cheers ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Lowe](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/michael_lowe/32/7118_2.png) [@Michael\_Lowe](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Michael_Lowe)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/barely-starting-2/21781/3 "2021-05-14T21:24:41Z")
Well seen and captured, Ed. The fog adds some nice atmosphere and I like how the yellow buds? play across the scene. No nits from me. ---
**Author:** ![Bonnie\_Lampley](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/bonnie_lampley/32/4825_2.png) [@Bonnie\_Lampley](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Bonnie_Lampley)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/barely-starting-2/21781/4 "2021-05-14T22:51:39Z")
Gorgeous! As I said on your first one from here, I love those pops of yellow, especially they way they follow out the long branches. The subtle colors are beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Mario\_Cornacchione](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mario_cornacchione/32/26649_2.png) [@Mario\_Cornacchione](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mario_Cornacchione)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/barely-starting-2/21781/5 "2021-05-15T01:44:11Z")
Ed, as I saw someone else say in another one of your images…you are the “fog master”. I really enjoy these intimate small scenes of trees which you do. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Haynes](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@David\_Haynes](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Haynes)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 5:24am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/barely-starting-2/21781/6 "2021-05-15T05:24:56Z")
YES! This is terrific Ed. This image has the same painterly feel of your last post without the attention grabbing foreground. I love the composition you chose for this as well. Very tight and neat with nothing that shouldn’t be in the frame. You have such beautiful, soft light in these shots. I love this as is and I think it’s much improved over your previous post but I did love the Black and White that @Bonnie_Lampley came up with on your first post. ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Kuyper](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ac8455/32.png) [@Tony\_Kuyper](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Tony_Kuyper)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/barely-starting-2/21781/7 "2021-05-15T17:42:47Z")
Very much like the overall abstract quality of this. I have a feeling that in sunlight, this would look like chaos. But these conditions created order and patterns that are visually quite appealing. ---
**Author:** ![Igor\_Doncov](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/igor_doncov/32/579_2.png) [@Igor\_Doncov](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Igor_Doncov)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/barely-starting-2/21781/8 "2021-05-16T00:47:34Z")
Beautiful work Ed. It’s really a study of tones with a scattering of yellow sparkle thrown in like fairy dust. The vertical greys give it structure and the color gives it life. ---
**Author:** ![J\_Fritz\_Rumpf](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/j_fritz_rumpf/32/25805_2.png) [@J\_Fritz\_Rumpf](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/J_Fritz_Rumpf)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/barely-starting-2/21781/9 "2021-05-16T17:43:51Z")
Stunning in it’s simplicity! Well seen and captured. ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Lowe](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/e36b37/32.png) [@Ed\_Lowe](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ed_Lowe)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/barely-starting-2/21781/10 "2021-05-16T17:48:27Z")
This is simply a gorgeous piece of work, Ed. The delicate springtime colors are wonderful and the fog creates some beautiful atmospherics and helps simplify the BG woods. The horizontal format is perfect for showcasing the vertical lines of the trees front and center. Everything looks spot on to me. You certainly have made the most of having to stick close to home for the past year. ---
**Author:** ![joaoquintela](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/joaoquintela/32/20552_2.png) [@joaoquintela](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/joaoquintela)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/barely-starting-2/21781/11 "2021-05-18T19:11:47Z")
Nice and simple. I love the composition you got here; there’s a lot happening there but the composition is well placed. Nice one. ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_McGuirk](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ed_mcguirk/32/30542_2.png) [@Ed\_McGuirk](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ed_McGuirk)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/barely-starting-2/21781/12 "2021-05-18T20:18:30Z")
@Michael_Lowe @Igor_Doncov@Bonnie_Lampley@joaoquintela@Mario_Cornacchione@David_Haynes @Ed_Lowe@J_Fritz_Rumpf @Tony_Kuyper Thank you all for your comments, I appreciate the input. I agree this works much better than my prior post with the apples trees.