Critique Style Requested: Initial Reaction
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Questions to guide your feedback
I’m primarily interested in initial reactions. Is it interesting?
Other Information
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Image Description
This was shot by a stream. I recall being struck by how chaotic the trees here were.
Technical Details
ISO 100, 101 mm, f/11, .3 sec.
Specific Feedback
This: “Feedback on the overall visual appeal of the image, including its color, lighting, cropping, and composition.”
Very interesting!! And very enjoyable! I’m peering into it deeply to enjoy the fact that it is busy yet soft. It appears to be a double exposure yet a very subtle one, and that engages my attention.
My only thought might be to desaturate the one green trunk – it stands out a bit. But that’s a small nit.
I like this, Don. Yes, it’s busy, but I think that’s the feeling you’re trying to convey. A thicket that isn’t busy isn’t a thicket. The tones and lighting are beautiful and it’s open enough to draw my eye into it.
Diane, Dennis, thank you both. I agree about reducing the saturation on that tree trunk.
Don, this shows the beautiful chaos of nature really well. I find the image interesting due to the complexity and depth.
