Critique Style Requested: Standard
The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.
I have a soft spot for palo verde trees. They grow in profusion in some parts of the desert here. This one attracted my attention because of the lines of the branches. I was out before sunrise and there was no wind.
I’d appreciate any comments anyone may have.
ISO 100, f/16, 1.3 seconds.
It looks like plants swaying underwater. Swirling and undulating. Or like a giant lichen. I can see why you have a soft spot for them. It almost looks like a drone shot, but then I see the trunk’s orientation. The size is small so I can’t see it enlarged, but the combination of yellows to gray/blue is really striking.
Thanks for commenting, Kristen. The interplay of the colors is why I didn’t change the white balance. I keep the camera’s white balance set to daylight. I was shooting before the sun rose in this area so the shot had a blue cast. I left it that way.
That’s my approach the WB also, and I rarely change it when I get it in the raw converter. There is something honest about it.
I love the intertwined branches and the varied color of the limbs. It almost looks like two different trees intertwined.
Thanks, Diane.
I really like the forms of the major limbs and the smaller branches create an interesting texture, Don.
