The Smoldering Earth

Image Critiques
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Critique Style: Standard

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

In this image of the series I tried to direct attention to the forest floor itself. I was attracted to the many puffs of smoke that rose up through the area. I also added some foreground subjects for interest.

Feedback Requested

Any suggestion is welcome. The challenge as I see it is to get the tonal range right by preventing the darks to get too dark and the smoke to be light and still not lose information. Did I get that right? There is also the question of color. Would a cooler color cast be better for the smoke? Should this be more saturated in general?

Technical Details

Camera: FUJIFILM GFX 50R
Focal length: 100mm
Shutter speed: 1/60s
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 160

Tripod/handheld: tripod
Focus method: single shot
Filters: None
Technique:
Conditions: challenging

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For me Igor the composition is great and the colours believable, and I prefer being able to see the forest floor.

great shot
Huw

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Regarding the processing, I think you got it just right, But I am not as enthralled with this photo as your others in this series. To me, it’s too literal. It looks like what it is, a smoldering forest floor. Not that that’s a bad thing. Just that the others have more mystery to them.