This is not a beautiful image to my eye. B/W because this was very early spring and virtually no color. The forces of nature are the point. It appeared to me, in spite of the complexity/chaos, there was a battle going on here . Frequently, as I try to find my way in landscape photography, I am finding it difficult to tame the chaos in nature. I feel I balanced the image with the ledge.
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Did I succeed in the message by using a wide angle. Is the chaos organized or not?
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24mm, F/22, @ 1/60, iso 160
Mario,
I find these are tough scenes to make work, but I think you did a nice good job of it and it does tell a Interesting story as well. To me it conveys a sense of how precariously the trees cling to the ledge.
The only minor item for me is the smaller white tree coming into the frame on the right is a little distracting. Maybe burning it down a bit would help.
Kudo’s to you for trying something different, this is a very unusual perspective , kind of like an ants eye view. Definitely an image destined for B&W. I like parts of this image, the two leaning trees almost look like they are doing battle with each other. I like the rock cliffs as a base and anchor to the image, except for the dark shadow in the center rock, it has a lot of visual weight, but doesn’t add much to the story for me. Maybe try dodging it or reducing contrast in that spot. I also find the bright white branches halfway down the left edge to be a minor distraction, maybe burn down the highlights there.
This is a most unusual scene, Mario. The POV works well for me as well as the conversion to B&W. If this were mine I would clone out the bright limbs coming in from the left side as well as trying to bring up the shadows a little on the rocks. I would also try to burn down the tree in the URC as it catches my eye a little. I think this is worth tweaking a little as you did capture the “forces of nature” IMO.
