The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.
Description
Nature is inherently a bit messy. As photographers, we usually crop, compose, expose, and heal to simplify and avoid conveying mess. Well, this one is about the beautiful mess of a small autumn scene. And yes, there was some healing involved to simplify it a bit.
Specific Feedback
Overall, I was pleased with the detail, depth and colors. It reminds me of a pleasant hour.
How does it strike you?
Technical Details
Fujifilm X-T5 XF 1-55mm@ 38mm 1/150 sec, f/4 ISO 800
Probably on tripod.
Lots of Lightroom masking and tuning of color and luminosity. (and healing out) Topaz for sharpening.
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Dick: I like this, especially the light play. I might like a touch more detail in the shadowed mosses but that is about the only thing that would boost this for me. Nicely seen and captured. >=))>
A very pleasant mess very well presented!! (That is indeed nature.) I love the detail in the BG as well as the backlight on the lichen. I wonder how it would look without the piece in the LL corner. It looks like it might be possible to remove it realistically.
Hm. It is a mess, isn’t it? Well not really, but there is a lot going on. The light is quite dramatic and highlights the Spanish Moss very well. It feels accidental though. There’s so much that I don’t know what caught your attention or what I should focus on. A bit of a crop eliminating the bright part at the lower left helps constrain things a bit and I like the effect. These kinds of scenes often catch my eye, but I give up for want of a subject or how to translate such a 3D scene into 2D.
