"Nooks 'n Crannies"

Image Critiques Weekly Challenge
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2024-0501 Yosemite 2-01.jpg
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Critique Style Requested: Standard

The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.

Description

I did a four day spring workshop in Yosemite with Bill Neill and Alex Noriega. I had visions of capturing dramatic wide angle shots of the valley, full of mist and mystery. Instead we got four straight days without a single cloud in the sky. (OK, maybe there were a few little ones on one day). So the focus of the four days shifted to intimate scenes, patterns, textures, and filtered light thru the trees, reflected in the Merced river, etc. This image was one of a few dozen I came away with, content that although I didn’t see drama in Yosemite, I nonetheless saw great beauty.

Technical Details

Fairly low light shot, on the back/shade side of the tree, away from the lowering sun.
1/6 sec at f/11, ISO 400
300mm on the Nikon 80-400 mm f4.5-5.6

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Kevin, you’ve got a striking collection of shapes, colors and textures here. Tree bark makes for a challenging macro because of the curvature of the trunk, which you handled well. However, the macro-textures weekly challenge ended last Saturday night at 11:59 PM (Eastern Time).

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Thanks, Mark. I didn’t realize the challenges had a hard deadline! Other groups I’ve been a member of were a bit vague about their definition of “weekly”.