The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.
Description
On my 2024 Oregon coast trip I dipped into the Redwoods for a day of shooting. One of the first things I did in the early morning was to get out of the car and just wander back into the woods. It was calm and so wonderfully quiet. I was far enough away from the road that the sounds of the rare car passing by was a mere muffled whisper. I found this little scene on one of the large felled trees and liked how the light was hitting it and the varied colors. The trees were grand but some of these little scenes were just as compelling in their own way. >=))>
Specific Feedback
Image 1 is the original capture but it felt almost like 2 images in one. So I split it up into halves as stand alones and then set them as a diptych. All comments about the worthiness or unworthiness of any of the shots always welcome. After pondering myself I think I’m most enamored with the diptych.
Technical Details
Sony A7rIII
Sony FE 70-200 f2.8 GM-II @ 95mm
ISO 400, 1/30 @ f11, HDR in PS
Nice one, Bill. It’s an interesting subject. I like the tones and colors. I actually like your first shot best. I mildly wish that the clump of pine needles weren’t cut off but I don’t know what you had to work with.
Hi Bill,
I like this a lot. The first time I looked at it, it was on my phone without my reading glasses (not meant as an insult!) and I thought it was like a rock wall or a mud bank. The abstraction when blurred a bit was interesting, and then when I saw it again, I realized what I was looking at and found my initial interpretation a but humorous.
FWIW, I think I like the diptych best. It gives us a sense of the whole thing and also broken-ness, which is part of the story of the log itself. Regarding the pine needles, even a slight crop up from the bottom might diminish the sense that they are half in and half out of the frame. Maybe crop to where the clump is at its narrowest? Or keep it as is. It’s lovely regardless,
ML
Great find in the woods. Honestly, given the brighter light in the UR quadrant, I don’t get that deep and dark redwood/rainforest reaction - probably because it’s not often to get direct light down there near the floor of the woods!
Regardless, I really like the details and setup you saw and captured. Definitely see the potential of being two pieces/parts and the diptych works well in that regard.
My favorite though is the #2 vertical. Just my taste, but the brightness of the UR is not working for me in either #1 or #4, the ditych. In fact, I think the dappled light effect works will in the cropped vertical. But that’s probably just me!
Bill, this is a great look at this fallen log. I like your original post a lot, but the Diptych looks good also. Having the right view much brighter at the top helps separate the two views, but I do wonder how toning that down to better match the top of the left side would look…
Bill, what an experience that sounds like you had that day in Oregon with the Redwoods. It always pays to look down once in a while. Sometimes the best scene is a small one near our feet. I like the diptych one a lot.
