The frost looks great. Composition wise I would probably go wider if the rest of the scene allowed. Really close up, wide open, isolating one of those bushes would also make for a beautiful shot. All depends on what you’re going for.
Kathrin, the mix of hoarfrost and warm tree trunks look great. I also like the grassy area at the bottom. I do wonder what else might have been there. It seems to me that the change from branches along the left edge to trunks along the right makes this view a bit right heavy. Could a modest change in position or camera angle have given you “all trunks”? I do think that the small trees/shrubs in the left half are important. What about a crop (losing the left) to 4x5?
The base colors of the grass and tree trunks work exceedingly well with the pastel green created by the hoarfrost on the foliage, Kathrin. I don’t mind the left side at all. I kind of like the way it fills in and gives me a starting point to move my eye down the tree line. There is is tiny white patch right on the edge about 1/5 of the way up the right edge that you might want to consider removing.
Hello, Kathrin. I’m really enjoying the vibe and the nice color palette. Regarding the details, it’s hard to judge at such a small file. A 1500 0r 2000 pixel wide image would allow for larger viewing. I do think the composition is a little unbalanced. It seems like two separate images. The right seems a little empty. Maybe a different crop? I would at least clone out or crop off the intruding tree along both sides.
Lovely conditions, but I’ll bet it was cold! I love this scene, but agree with the others that tweaks might really make it sing.
I agree about cropping both trunks at the left and right edges, they ever-so-slightly grab the eye from the beauty at the center. The bottom right diagonal of grass feels intrusive too. Was it possible to walk into the field to take a straight on shot? The other suggestions in the comments above are also great ideas to play with.
One final thing, fine details like hoarfrost are much more enjoyable to view larger, they get lost if downsized too much. If you are comfortable posting a larger size, I think it would work well for this image.
I like this very much and I think that the composition is very solid! I agree with Dennis about removing that little white spot poking through the trees on the very edge of the frame.
Very nice, with good comments above! I’m bothered a bit by the partial trunks on both edges – an easy crop to fix. The horizontal branch to center pulls me eye and could be cloned out – same with the small one in the UR corner. You could crop the minimum amount to fix it without too much damage to the very pleasing scene.
Hi Kathrin,
I don’t have much to add beyond what others have said. For me, the grass in the foreground along with the thinning of the left side bushes make this feel off-kilter somehow. I think there is a myth or perhaps a very breakable rule in photographic composition that diagonals add energy or lead the eye, and in some cases they do. Here, however, I keep wanting to walk further in and square up to the scene.
I did a quick screenshot crop that addresses that, and I think if you use LR or PS and can distort ever so slightly to bring the right side closer, that would also help. Then again, if you took several frames, and this is the only one with the grass, maybe we could see that one too.
I love to shoot hoar frost too. It’s great you got it on 3 different things, the grass, bushes and trees and get to see how different it looks. The details look great, especially on the bushes. Compositionally, I am personally drawn to images with a focal point or pattern, so for my eye, it is hard to find a place to land in the image. I agree with a couple of the other comments about maybe trying to focus on just the trees, or moving in closer to get more detail and focus on a foreground bush. In this image I am more drawn to how the frost looks on the trees and the contrast with the color of the trunks.
Hi Kathrin,
The color palette in this scene is quite lovely and very inviting IMO. I like both crop suggestions from my brother @Michael_Lowe and @Marylynne_Diggs as I think they make the focus a bit tighter on these wonderful conditions you experienced. It is a little hard to tell about the details as the file sizes are a little small; at least for my eyes. It looks cold, but I bet it was wonderful to enjoy first hand. Very nicely done.
