The photographer is looking for thoughtful feedback on the image as a whole, especially around the areas noted below.
Feedback Focus: Artistic / Expressive
About This Image
Plant life along paths in the forest are always changing and evolving. I walked past this intimate scene a number of times and there was something about it that always caught my eye. I knew I had to eventually stop and capture what I was feeling. When I did, this is the final result.
Feedback Requested
Moods and feelings are hard to describe. I am wondering if what I felt was something better described visually than with words by photographing this scene. Does it resonate with the viewer?
It sure does resonate! Love to find odd little groupings of things on the forest floor. The leaf stands out well on the older leaves (shades of what’s to come) and the birch bark. Just for fun I rotated the image and it really fills the frame this way. Also added some other notes to consider. As always, the end result is up to you, but it’s fun to play with scenes like this even after the photo is taken. I like that you’ve left the colors more subdued as it adds to the feel of a forest floor and all the quiet activity found there. Nice job!
Kari, this is an excellent look at this forest floor detail. The freshly fallen leaf stands out from the muted colors of the material that has fallen earlier. I think this looks fine as presented. I like the “boarder” of the blue/white birch bark and how there’s a nice upward curl to the view as presented from the colorful leaf sweeping up and to the left. The high contrast betwen the bark and the shadow also looks good, with the bark acting as framing. I can see detail in the that darkness when I look carefully. It is built into the human psychology of vision that the size of the image matters. Since many of us look on horizontal computer screens, a horizontal view has roughly twice the visual impact of a vertical view because the horizontal fills the screeen while a vertical can only fill vertically.
Kari: A wonderful find indeed and for me a fine composition. I agree with @Mark_Seaver regarding how we have a bias toward horizontal images but for some reason I personally tend to see vertical comps more naturally than horizontal so this works really well for me. The leaf is clearly the star of the show but the supporting actor of the upper birch bark is trying to get some attention. Toning the brightness of it down a smidge to more closely match the luminance of the lower bark section makes this a little better for me but I wouldn’t rate that more than a 2¢ nit. Really nicely done.>=))>
Kristen, I really enjoy that you found another “photo within the photo” and it has its own story to me. The leaf almost appears to be looking into the dark space where you placed the “1” as if contemplating its next move. Thank you!!
I really appreciate that you both emphasized the elements that made this image so intriguing to me. The leaf litter and hollowed out birch just seemed to be a perfect contrast and frame for the leaf “in transition” who was a relative newcomer to the scene.
I have always understood that vertical orientations bring more tension to the scene compared to horizontal orientations. You both have taken my understanding of this phenomena a bit further.
Beautiful. I love these type of intimate forest floor views with lots of textures and earth tones. I like how the image is framed at top and bottom with the tree bark. I could also see a crop emphasizing the leaf. I like your’s better but I always look for other ideas/crops.
Kari, this image does indeed resonate with me! I really like how the decayed leaves and tree bark both lead me to the newly fallen leaf. I also like the contrasting colors between the bark and recently fallen leaf. A unique image that many people would walk by. .The image reminds me of the beauty we can find in all areas of nature, even as things decay. I see that same beauty in my 98 year old mother.
Kari, this image does indeed resonate with me! I really like how the decayed leaves and tree bark both lead me to the newly fallen leaf. I also like the contrasting colors between the bark and recently fallen leaf. A unique image that many people would walk by. .The image reminds me of the beauty we can find in all areas of nature, even as things decay. I see that same beauty in my 98 year old mother.
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