Fall is Here!

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Critique Style Requested: Initial Reaction

Please share your immediate response to the image before reading the photographer’s intent (obscured text below) or other comments. The photographer seeks a genuinely unbiased first impression.

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What do you think of this? Love it, hate it, meh? Any impressions welcome.

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Image Description

This is a composite of four images, 3 ICM and 1 regular. I started with two, then added and swapped out as it evolved. Only one of the original images in this this final version. All were made on the same day, within an hour of each other in the same general vicinity (along the bike trail near our house).

Technical Details

A couple of the ICM images had this spec, I think the still photo of the grape vines and trees was just on auto. Processed in ACR and PS for compositing.

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Layer stack in PS:

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Specific Feedback

Anything aesthetically you would change?

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Bonnie, this is really cool! I love the colours, and the sense of movement. The dark trees set off the lighter colours perfectly.

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Hello, Bonnie;
I really like the idea and from what I can see without reading the description this is a double exposure. I love the base layer but I think the tree layer should either be better defined or more graphic. As it is, it seems a little confusing to me, given that the base image has nothing to do with the graphics of the trunks.
I hope my comment is clear.
Once again, I like the idea

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I like it, Bonnie. It definitely has a late fall feel to it with the bare branches and a few leaves trying to hang on. The vertical streaks imply rain to me (though we have high winds and rain today, so maybe they should be slanted :grin:). The earth tones at the top and bottom convey fallen leaves and angry clouds to me, though a subtle color shift in the top might make it more angry cloud and less earth tone.

Very well done.

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Bonnie, my initial reaction is, “What is she trying to say/show”. The flowing colors in the background and the vertical striping are attractive and interesting and somewhat mysterious. The contrast with the branches and foliage is quite dramatic, but that strong contrast is where I get lost… I’m wondering if somewhat less density in the branches would make an image that more mysterious and dreamy. Since artistic vision is so strongly individual, taking my thoughts with a pound of salt is in order. Alternately, I wonder how strengthing the branches/foliage density towards the bottom would work…