The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.
Description
This is from the same session as my last post in this forum. It was a horizontal ICM of the forest understory. Luckily there was a small tree that had turned a nice yellow and created the brighter tones above the true ground cover and fir needle base.
Specific Feedback
Once again, I did some levels work to spread the tonality out. After seeing what ti looked like I made some adjustments to the upper zone to brighten it more and reduce the saturation, while I did the opposite in the darker tones on the bottom to try to ground the image a bit. I’m trying to achieve a feeling of rising joy as you move up through the image. Does it work for anyone?
Technical Details
Sony A1, Tamron 28-200 @ 157 mm, hand held, f/14, iso 250, 1/2 sec manual exposure. Processed in LR & PS CC.
@Dennis_Plank — It works for me! I love the ICM you’ve posted recently. Of course, one would never know it’s a forest understory, but that doesn’t matter. I might guess that it’s a river scene at sunset! Regardless, the distribution of color and light is lovely. Nice!
Nice! The changing colors this time of year make for interesting ICMs in the forest. To make it more joyful, I could see brightening and increasing the contrast just a bit more - maybe moving the left side of the histogram to the right and bringing up the curve. Gave that a try:
Dennis, it works for me. I do feel joy rising from the cool to warm tones in your image. I think that progression does the job. The gentle waves are also great to create that motion.
Another wonderful ICM image Dennis! This one gives me vibes of Yellowstone geothermal features. I like the color gradient from cool to warm. The recommendations from Bonnie are spot on for me.
Beautiful image, Dennis! I feel uplifted as I move from cool to warm tones in this photograph. One would never guess it was a forest floor - more like gentle ocean waves at sunrise. Or as @Alfredo_Mora said, geothermal. It’s all in the mind’s eye for each of us! Well done! I think the changes @Bonnie_Lampley suggested were perfect to enhance the image.
