Critique Style Requested: Standard
The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.
Had some great fog this morning and decided to try some ICM. The marsh is still a golden color this time of year. Not my forte, but broadening my horizons.
Any thoughts appreciated.
Nikon Z9, Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S
1/100 sec. at f/13, ISO 2500, 200mm
Christine, the golden colors in the Phragmites show very well here. Your ICM blur looks good, providing a nicely dreamy result.
Thank you @Mark_Seaver . Appreciate it.
Your ICM works very well, the colors are also very nice. It looks like an impressionistic painting.
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I agree that that is a nice mix of color, and there’s just enough realism that you can see the light was just catching the grass.
I have no idea what reality was, and in abstracts it may not matter, but you might play with leveling that horizon.
Thank you @Ralf_Mantzel . Appreciate it.
Thank you @John_Williams . Good point. I’ll work on it. Appreciate it.
Very nice soft and rustic color palette for this ICM, Christine. Always fun to see what you are going to get as you process the image. I don’t think you need the entire foggy horizon area, I think it competes with the marsh plants. Cropping down just a bit would still make a strong image and straightening that area would keep it in balance.
Your experiment panned out pretty well. Nice dreamy effect with a nice color palette. Maybe crop just a little from the top per @Stephen_Stanton’s suggestion.
Thank you @Michael_Lowe and @Stephen_Stanton . Appreciate your comments and will work on the crop.
Hi Christine,
This may not be your forte, but this turned out rather nicely. All the reason to try some more. I like the warm color of the phragmites and the fog combined with the ICM has created this wonderful dreamy atmosphere in this image. This has a relaxing vibe that I find very inviting. This may be level, but the fog is giving the appearance that it is not, so my only suggestion would be some CCW rotation. Very nicely done.
Thank you @Ed_Lowe . Appreciate it so much!
Nicely done, Christine. If the grasses were straight up and down the image wouldn’t be as dynamic.
Thank you @Don_Peters . I agree! Appreciate it!
