# Morning Breaks **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** landscape\ **Created:** [December 27, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/morning-breaks/49187 "2025-12-27T15:42:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gill\_Vanderlip](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/gill_vanderlip/32/54254_2.png) [@Gill\_Vanderlip](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Gill_Vanderlip)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/morning-breaks/49187/1 "2025-12-27T15:42:29Z")
![Morning Breaking In.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/9/6/9621c066fc165c358761d24213d0090202b87211.jpeg) > **Critique Style Requested:** _Standard_ > > The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image. ### Description Foggy Morning here in North Carolina. The sun coming up through the trees… ### Specific Feedback Tried to capture that early morning of the fog and quiet time of day. ### Technical Details ISO 1250 shutter 400 f16 edit in Photoshop … cropping and burning and dodging. Slight warming !!! * * * ### Critique Template Use of the template is optional, but it can help spark ideas. Vision and Purpose: Conceptual: Emotional Impact and Mood: Composition: Balance and Visual Weight: Depth and Dimension: Color: Lighting: Processing: Technical: ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Lowe](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/michael_lowe/32/7118_2.png) [@Michael\_Lowe](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Michael_Lowe)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/morning-breaks/49187/2 "2025-12-29T04:47:28Z")
This is nice. I think you’ve achieved your goal of capturing this moody time of day. My only small nit is it seems a little bottom heavy and dark down there. I guess it’s BG trees contributing to that effect. No biggie. ---
**Author:** ![Gill\_Vanderlip](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/gill_vanderlip/32/54254_2.png) [@Gill\_Vanderlip](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Gill_Vanderlip)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/morning-breaks/49187/3 "2025-12-29T15:15:41Z")
Thanks. It was dark and foggy , not much light especially at the bottom. Hard image to get what i saw and felt. But I shot some frames for fun … Thanks for showing interest … ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Dillahunt](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dave_dillahunt/32/83301_2.png) [@Dave\_Dillahunt](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dave_Dillahunt)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/morning-breaks/49187/4 "2025-12-29T18:21:48Z")
Gill, I really like the image. To me, it’s very foreboding and ominous, which I tend to like and seems to fit the foggy morning vibe. The weight seems fine to me–not too heavy at the bottom. Maybe explore a little less contrast if you like an airier feel to the photo. Very nice. ---
**Author:** ![Gill\_Vanderlip](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/gill_vanderlip/32/54254_2.png) [@Gill\_Vanderlip](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Gill_Vanderlip)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/morning-breaks/49187/5 "2025-12-29T19:30:13Z")
Thanks. Just tried to catch that low light foggy morning 60 degrees in December look. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Haynes](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@David\_Haynes](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Haynes)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/morning-breaks/49187/6 "2025-12-29T22:24:51Z")
You definitely captured that early morning fog/sun coming up through the trees vibe. There is decent balance although the right side of the image is heavier than the left but I do like the curve that you achieved at the top of the bushes. I can see cropping this to a square by removing the left side of the image and having the light and that tree in the shape of a V be the focus of the image. I might even reduce the contrast quite a bit to soften the look making it more fog like but I do like what you have presented here. It’s very, as @Dave_Dillahunt puts it, foreboding and ominous looking. If that’s the look you’re after I say you nailed it. ---
**Author:** ![Diane\_Miller](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/diane_miller/32/27391_2.png) [@Diane\_Miller](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Diane_Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/morning-breaks/49187/7 "2025-12-29T22:51:59Z")
This works nicely for me, with the trees seeming to radiate from a point outside the frame. Love how the sun has lightened the branches in front of it! ---
**Author:** ![Gill\_Vanderlip](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/gill_vanderlip/32/54254_2.png) [@Gill\_Vanderlip](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Gill_Vanderlip)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 12:02am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/morning-breaks/49187/8 "2025-12-30T00:02:05Z")
Thanks everyone. I have pretty much gone B&W these days. Trying to not only capture a style and look but how I felt when i shot the image. Just holding my camera and Breathe !!! Learning this as I age I guess. Just be ME !!! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Greenbaum](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/larry_greenbaum/32/14487_2.png) [@Larry\_Greenbaum](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Larry_Greenbaum)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 4:23am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/morning-breaks/49187/9 "2025-12-30T04:23:05Z")
I ditto @Michael_Lowe’s comment. To me the question is not what did you see, but how do you want the image to match your vision. I would open the bottom up some to alleviate the dark heaviness. ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Lowe](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/e36b37/32.png) [@Ed\_Lowe](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ed_Lowe)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 4:08am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/morning-breaks/49187/10 "2025-12-31T04:08:13Z")
Hi Gil, Moody and mysterious; I am liking this very much. With the bare trees and the slightly darker processing this has the feel of a gloomy winter day. I particularly like the soft delicate light coming through the fog and illuminating a few of the branches. Beautifully done IMO! ---
**Author:** ![Gill\_Vanderlip](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/gill_vanderlip/32/54254_2.png) [@Gill\_Vanderlip](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Gill_Vanderlip)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 7:41am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/morning-breaks/49187/11 "2025-12-31T07:41:10Z")
Thanks so much. I really appreciate it. Photography has changed for me. It’s how we see and feel when looking at an image and when we push that shutter button. Peace to our Planet. 🙏🌏🙏 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Williams](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/john_williams/32/28797_2.png) [@John\_Williams](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/John_Williams)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2026, 2:37am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/morning-breaks/49187/12 "2026-01-03T02:37:08Z")
That background lighting really sets off the trees, and with photography being two dimensional I love the tangled web effect you captured. ---
**Author:** ![Gill\_Vanderlip](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/gill_vanderlip/32/54254_2.png) [@Gill\_Vanderlip](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Gill_Vanderlip)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2026, 2:51am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/morning-breaks/49187/13 "2026-01-03T02:51:45Z")
Thanks. Always having fun just walking and looking around and see if I feel something as I photograph a subject. Thanks again. 🌏🙏🌏🙏🌏