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What is the mood of the image for you?
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Image Description
This is an in camera multiple exposure of a tree in winter converted to B&W
Technical Details
f:11. 1/125s. ISO 250
Specific Feedback
What is your emotional impact of this picture
Critique Template
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Armin, I like the photo. I like the way the branches radiate from the trunk and then dissolve. It’s also simple and uncluttered. I can’t say that it evokes any particular mood for me.
It’s interesting but, honestly, it’s nerve-jangling – makes my teeth hurt. I like that you faded it out at the base but wish it wasn’t so crowded on top. With the white vignette, that would be easy to fix, but my take may not be remotely close to yours. The crowding does fit the negative vibe, if that was your intention.
A very dark and disturbing image. The “tree” looks like the lower part of someone’s left arm with a hand grabbing what appears to be a person’s head. @Bill_Fach Rorschach test, indeed. I just watched “Troll”, so that may have some affect on my interpretation.
Good photo Armin, it catches the eye, and although one can see that it is a tree, I try to look for other things in it. For me, I can spot the face of a feline in its center hole. Overall, it has a gloomy mood.
I was just scrolling through NPN for the first time in a while now that I’m finally retired. This image caught my eye. My first reaction is Wow! It reads like a pen and ink drawing.
I think the vignette accentuates the pen & ink effect, though I agree with @Diane_Miller that it’s a bit crowded at the top. I had the same Rorschach test response as @Bill_Fach. I don’t have a strong emotional response – possibly because an emotional response would depend on what my mostly- left brain decides the Rorschach is.
I like the fractal effect of whatever processing you used. However, a few of the thicker white lines it creates at the large scale are somewhat distracting. Is that something you could dial in?
