# Small landscape

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/small-landscape/41301>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** landscape\
**Created:** [May 15, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/small-landscape/41301 "2024-05-15T22:25:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Don\_Peters](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/don_peters/32/87970_2.png) [@Don\_Peters](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Don_Peters)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/small-landscape/41301/1 "2024-05-15T22:25:15Z")

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![Palo verde c (1 of 1).JPG](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/1/0/10d360217c14212386eee69cb9ba54a5f926f3a9.jpeg)

> **Critique Style Requested:** _Standard_
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> The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.

### Description

I’d been taking photos of this patch of desert from eye level. I decided to get the tripod as close to the ground and as close to the dead tree as I could. It certainly gave the subjects an entirely different look.

### Specific Feedback

All reactions are welcome.

### Technical Details

ISO 100, 35mm, f/18, 1.3 sec.

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### Critique Template

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- Vision and Purpose:
- Conceptual:
- Emotional Impact and Mood:
- Composition:
- Balance and Visual Weight:
- Depth and Dimension:
- Color:
- Lighting:
- Processing:
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**Author:** ![Ben\_van\_der\_Sande](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ben_van_der_sande/32/5511_2.png) [@Ben\_van\_der\_Sande](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ben_van_der_Sande)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 6:53am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/small-landscape/41301/2 "2024-05-16T06:53:06Z")

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Don, it’s just a very special beauty .Fine colors and composition . Nothing to complain about . Your image makes me feel good !

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**Author:** ![Don\_Peters](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/don_peters/32/87970_2.png) [@Don\_Peters](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Don_Peters)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/small-landscape/41301/3 "2024-05-16T12:43:42Z")

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Your comment made my day, Ben. 🙂

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**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:** [May 16, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/small-landscape/41301/4 "2024-05-16T17:34:30Z")

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Really nice image. Colors, textures. all excellent. Nice intimate scene. Since this is a critique forum, I feel it is my duty to critique something. 🤪  
Just kidding. A small nit. Just a little separation between the overhanging branch and the rock would be nice.  
🤘

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**Author:** ![Don\_Peters](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/don_peters/32/87970_2.png) [@Don\_Peters](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Don_Peters)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/small-landscape/41301/5 "2024-05-16T18:48:46Z")

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Thanks for the comment and the critique, Michael.

> [@Michael\_Lowe](#):
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> Just a little separation between the overhanging branch and the rock would be nice.  
> 🤘

I agree. I had the same thought when I was composing this one. Moving the camera enough to make that happen wasn’t feasible.

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**Author:** ![Igor\_Doncov](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/igor_doncov/32/579_2.png) [@Igor\_Doncov](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Igor_Doncov)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/small-landscape/41301/6 "2024-05-21T19:21:34Z")

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I like the degree of confusion in this image. The background introduces some chaos but not enough to break things down. It’s a subtle tension between tree texture and bg texture. But I like that. A completely simple background might not be as visually intriguing.