Hi Igor, Lovely image here. I don’t as a general principle dislike trees with a close gap and will often engineer such an interaction, but perhaps more so with trees having some shape to them. I do see your point about this one, so I’d bring the exposure and perhaps contrast down a bit to make the gap less dominant.
Great photo. I like how the left/right dark trees frame the rest of the image. The bright gap doesn’t bother me, but you might darken the little section that is extra bright or clone it to look more like the rest of the gap.
Igor, First of all l like your nice balanced composition. That narrow gap doesn’t bother me at all. Surely not if I am looking at the image in full size.
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Igor,
The light is exquisite and I love the serene mood the fog lends this image. The narrow gap does bother me a little although not as much in the larger version. The rest of the image is so nice I would try to tone it down just a little.
This is my kind of photo, peaceful and calming. I like the way the mist separates the background from the trees and the “old man’s beard” on the fallen branches. To my eye, there is one distracting piece - the lighter line of mist between the two tree trunks slightly right of center. Not sure why, as it is of similar luminosity to the remainder of the mist. Perhaps it is worth darkening this vertical stripe so the two tree trunks seem more contiguous.
Nice one, Igor. I think you’re a little too self critical, but maybe that’s why you’re such a good photographer. The gap doesn’t bother me. The only other things to do would be to drastically alter the compostion or clone it out. Which would be a bad option to merge the trees into one big one. I guess I’m talking about the spot you’re referring to.
Lovely classic beauty!! If you mean the small V-shaped gap near the UR corner, I’d just clone it out by expanding the gray area to its left. I love the fallen branches with the draping lichen, and the carpet of oxalis (?). Gorgeous tonalities!
Gorgeous image, Igor. Beautifully processed and composed. I hadn’t noticed the patch of light between the two trees, which is actually quite unusual for me, but now that you mention it I do see it. I can’t say that it bothers me, though. Terrific photograph of a beautiful location.
Yes that strip of light just pulls the eye to it. It is very strange that it grabs the attention being that it is so small an element in the photo. I don’t know if darkening it will help because then you have a dark line there instead of a light line. Perhaps it is because it is this stark well define line that grabs that attention. I might consider a careful cloning job to remove it, if you are open to that.
Thank you for your comments. I cloned out that gap and added some oomph to the non foggy area. I gave it a bit of cooling as well. Don’t know if that was necessary though.
I’m always amazed by what sucks the eye in, and have to agree that the strip of light robs from such a wonderful image. The flow of light you created is excellent, except that strip derails it. The cloning takes that away; I suppose another option would be to dim it.
Hello @Igor_Doncov,
I’m late to this discussion but I’ll give my two cents;
I actually prefer it with the light gap.
I like the editing of the new photo better, but I prefer it with the light gap.
