The photographer is looking for thoughtful feedback on the image as a whole, especially around the areas noted below.
Feedback Focus: Artistic + Technical
About This Image
I live in the Netherlands very close to the border with Germany. Less than an hour’s drive from my home, in Duisburg, there is a blast furnace and steel mill that is no longer in use. The Germans made it an industrial heritage site and it is open for visiting, 24/7, except where it is dangerous.
I could submit several images of nature reclaiming huge installations, but maybe this single, simple plant shows the best what is happening. The once shining steel is now rust and the first plant is starting to grow in the middle of the steel constructions. Soon everything wil be overgrown. The fresh green is contrasting strongly with the reddish brown of the rust.
Feedback Requested
Any and all. In hindsight, I wish that I had closed the aperture a bit more, to have a bit larger DOF.
Han: Oh I like this! I actually think this works better with the metalwork a little soft. Perhaps I’m reading too much into it but you have a great contrast between the sharp but delicate leaves and the soft but unyielding steel. Really well composed and a fine implied story. >=))>
Bill: I agree about the metalwork. But I would like to have the stem of the plant a bit sharper.
The contrast between the green plant and the steel definitely is intentional.
Han, the somewhat minimalist contrast between the fresh green and the rusted metal looks great. The sharpness look fine, as the leaves are nicely sharp and their brightness lets them stand out.
I like this a lot, Han. It’s very subtle, but effective. Looking closely, the couple of evergreen needles on the rusting iron work and the insect damage on the leaves add a lot of other layers of complexity to the image. Very well seen and executed.
