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Nov 8, 2013 15:54:31 #

Photo Girl Loc: SE Pasco County, FL

[quote=Bmac]

I want you to try something for me, close your weak eye and squint with your dominant eye, then look at the photo, what are the things your eye notices first while doing this?

I noticed the big tall green fir tree first, then the orange color. Am I observing right?
Margo

Nov 8, 2013 15:55:05 #

Pierre H.J. Dumais Loc: Mississippi Mills, Ont.

I see only positives about this.

Pierre

Nov 8, 2013 16:09:12 #

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

Bram boy wrote:

well I don't pick apart one little thing and say y... (show quote)

Glad you liked it Bram Boy, thanks for the critique. 8-)

Nov 8, 2013 16:12:11 #

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

Bmac wrote:

I want you to try something for me, close your weak eye and squint with your dominant eye, then look at the photo, what are the things your eye notices first while doing this?

Photo Girl wrote:

I noticed the big tall green fir tree first, then the orange color. Am I observing right?
Margo

We all observe slightly differently, of course, and that tall green tree is my intended focal point, so with you I have succeeded. Try that trick with the photo's and art pieces you view. :)

Nov 8, 2013 16:16:09 #

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

PierreH wrote:

I see only positives about this.
Pierre

Thanks Pierre, but in this section one should clarify their critique, so if you have the time what positives do you observe? :-)

Nov 8, 2013 16:17:23 #

Heirloom Tomato Loc: Oregon

Bmac wrote:

Well, I think this is very good critique and opini... (show quote)

I rather like the ripple(s). They add interest, and provide a nice punctuation point.

Nov 8, 2013 16:24:21 #

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

Heirloom Tomato wrote:

I rather like the ripple(s). They add interest, and provide a nice punctuation point.

You just adore being contrarian don't you?

Teasing. :D

Nov 8, 2013 16:27:47 #

Photo Girl Loc: SE Pasco County, FL

Bmac wrote:

We all observe slightly differently, of course, and that tall green tree is my intended focal point, so with you I have succeeded. Try that trick with the photo's and art pieces you view. :)

Thank you; I will. I always love learning new things. Hopefully this will help me with my own photography.

Nov 8, 2013 16:49:00 #

Pierre H.J. Dumais Loc: Mississippi Mills, Ont.

Bmac wrote:

Thanks Pierre, but in this section one should clarify their critique, so if you have the time what positives do you observe? :-)

Ok, to be specific.
I very much like the clarity and the punch. It pulls me in to enjoy it.
The major elements are very well placed in the frame.
Your focus is excellent. The color has vibrance and yet is not overstated.
Graham's point is a matter of judgement but I prefer the way you have processed the image.
Obviously you have the skill to take top notch landscapes. That is a given. That talent should be reinforced. An image like this should not have to run a gauntlet of negatives just because this forum has C&C as it's raisin d'être.
I have no problem telling you I see only positives.

Pierre

Nov 8, 2013 16:50:49 #

Heirloom Tomato Loc: Oregon

Bmac wrote:

You just adore being contrarian don't you?

Teasing. :D

:P :P

Nov 8, 2013 17:12:54 #

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

PierreH wrote:

Ok, to be specific. br I very much like the clarit... (show quote)

Thanks for the detailed observations and compliments Pierre. I was actually trying to fish for some negatives, not compliments, but they are appreciated.
8-)

Nov 8, 2013 17:49:56 #

Nightski

Bmac wrote:

Photographed in a park in Massachusetts. Cropped to a portrait orientation. Morning overcast lighting. Exposure compensation - 0.3.

ISO 400, 75mm, f/11, 1/125 of a second.

Thanks for any critique. 8-)

Bmac, while you do have some lovely colors and reflections going on here, I think that I would have waited for next autumn to capture this.

There are too many bare trees at this point.

I have a spot much like this, and I didn't photograph it when all the leaves were still on the trees this year because of the excessive algae. I wouldn't want algae on my water in a photo.

There is a distracting hunk of land wit dead grass in the bottom left corner.

Nov 8, 2013 18:50:45 #

Heirloom Tomato Loc: Oregon

Bmac wrote:

Thanks for the detailed observations and compliments Pierre. I was actually trying to fish for some negatives, not compliments, but they are appreciated.
8-)

Bmac, your photo has now been sliced and diced by some observers. Are you happy now? (I still like it, you can't convince me not to.) :P

Nov 8, 2013 21:01:10 #

Gauss Loc: Earth

Many reflection pictures, like this one, also have a strong symmetry component. So I don't think the rule of thirds is relevant. The subject was the evergreen and its reflection; the composition captures this very nicely.

I think the "ripple" in the center is actually lily pads. And they work with the symmetry. Their furthest extent acts as a pivot point for the evergreen and its reflection.

The sky might be a bit light as you said. And some work could be done to tease out some more definition in the clouds, but I'm not sure changing the sky in any way would improve the image. To me, it's not bright in a way that hurts the photo. The overall exposure looks good to me.

The colors and mix look just like my neighborhood these days.

I like it. Thanks for posting it.

Nov 8, 2013 21:56:28 #

Bram boy Loc: Vancouver Island B.C. Canada

Bmac wrote:

and you caught it at the right time . A couple weeks early it would have been just a big orange blob. and a couple weeks later it would be too baren , with no contrasting colour to balance it .

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