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Description
While driving through the Yakima River Canyon I noticed the light on this lupine. It was enough to make me stop and get a shot. Not long after the sun became too bright to allow other shots with the same light.
Specific Feedback
I like the bare branches on the left because they seem to be point to the main subject, the lupine. I am not sure how other feel about it. There are some dark areas near the bottom.
Technical Details
R5; 1/1250; 8.0; 640 ISO.
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Oooh, very nice! The light on the lupines is perfect. The shallow DOF really works to accentuate the lupines and twigs poking in from the left. The only thing I might suggest is to crop a bit off the right. I don’t think the lupines need that much room over there and it would emphasize the conversation between the twigs and the lupines.
Jim: A great find and a fine capture. My immediate impression was “Get rid of the sticks” but the more I look and take my time I’m OK with them and even think they add a little interest. The lupines are the stars of the show and the light on them is wonderful. I also like the BG although I would be tempted to burn down the brighter area in the fork of the tree near the top. Nicely seen and presented. >=))>
I love the lupines and the light on the lupines, but I like the twigs less than you do. The lupines are a wonderful find and you captured them very well.
I think that @Bill_Fach has a point in burning down the mentioned area.
I love the back light on the lupine, Jim and I also like it on the branches on the left, but personally, they feel like two images in one frame. I think a crop just for the lupine would work a bit more nicely.
Wow – gorgeous!! I love the lupine and the BG but I’m 50-50 on the sticks. They seem too unrelated to the lupine. I love the subtle bright area at the top. It feels like the source of the light on the lupine.
I’d crop about halfway into the sticks and remove the rest, then take just a bit off the right.
Ok, I’ll be the cranky contrarian. The sticks and the trees just say snapshot to me, as if you didn’t move around, try different compositions or give much thought to post processing, which I know is false. But that’s the impression. Given the lighting and the subject, it seems like there wasn’t a lot of care taken and an opportunity wasted. Bah…that’s awful negative isn’t it? I don’t really mean to be, but darn it. I want you to move to the left and isolate all that backlit beauty and get a little closer. The colors are so subtle - something not everyone allows with lupine shots. I think it helps me imagine a more dry climate with dust and that these guys are real survivors.
Jim, the lupine are terrific. I don’t think the bare branches work here. Portrait orientation might have worked well but I don’t know what was outside of the frame, and maybe it wasn’t an option. I don’t mean too sound too critical because it’s a very nice shot.
