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I love walking in the woods and finding natural still life moments like this.
Technical Details
Taken with an Olympus OMD E-M1 Mark III an Olympus 12 -100mm lens. F4, 1/40 sec. ISO 640
Kari, you’ve got good contrast between the moss and that single mushroom, with good details in the wood. I do think I’d either burn-in the mushroom slightly or dodge the moss to give both more equal visual weight. As presented, the brightness of the moss gives it visual prominence. (Of course, that may be your intent.)
Great diagonal lines in this composition, Kari. I’m not sure I agree with @Mark_Seaver on this one. My eye tends to go to the fungus quite nicely, then down to the moss, though others might not react the same. If you do want to reduce the light on the moss a trifle, a linear gradient from the lower left corner would probably work very well.
Thank you Mike and Dennis! What originally caught my attention when composing this what the way the mushroom was almost camouflaged into the bark of the tree and the moss created a slight leading line towards the mushroom. I like surprises and this one did.
Kari: I like the subject and comp a lot. What did immediately catch my eye was the overall softness of some of the fine details. A touch of sharpening in ACR fixes this nicely. You might also consider posting a larger version. Site guidelines recommend posting at 2000 pixels on the long side which really helps with images that have a lot of fine detail like this one. >=))>
Hi Bill, I really appreciate your appreciation of the composition and subject! When I look at the meta data it shows dimensions of 4276 x 3554 or am I looking at the wrong data? I would like to try the sharpening tool you recommended but what does ACR stand for?
Kari: I’m not sure what software you use to prepare your image for posting but if you put your cursor along the bottom edge of the image it shows the size as 1069x889 pixels. ACR stands for Adobe Camera Raw which is the Raw conversion software included with Photoshop and for all intents and purposes the same tools as are available in the Develop Module of Lightroom. I would be happy to help you develop a workflow if I’m familiar with the processing software you’re using or if not get you steered to someone who can. You have a good eye which is a wonderful talent. The technical stuff can be learned easily enough. >=))>
Kari: I’m not sure what software you use to prepare your image for posting but if you put your cursor along the bottom edge of the image it shows the size as 1069x889 pixels. ACR stands for Adobe Camera Raw which is the Raw conversion software included with Photoshop and for all intents and purposes the same tools as are available in the Develop Module of Lightroom. I would be happy to help you develop a workflow if I’m familiar with the processing software you’re using or if not get you steered to someone who can. You have a good eye which is a wonderful talent. The technical stuff can be learned easily enough. >=))>
And thank you for your words of support!
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