"Frosted Dawn" C&C please
Nov 14, 2013 19:43:42 #
In the late 60s and through the 70s I spent much time South Dakota in all seasons carrying out field research on a variety of diseases of wildlife of the Northern Plaines, and I was especially drawn to the wondrous aspects of winter in an environment quite foreign to a native NewYorker and quickly began to appreciate how tones of tans and browns and white in various forms can conspire to beauty! After many years back in the N.E. and then in Texas, I finally got back to retirement in SD..the land of gorgeous winter, and other seasons that aren't bad either. This image is of the frosted morning on December 5, 2010. Hoarfrost not yet rime always fascinates!
C&C please.
C&C please.
Nov 14, 2013 19:44:36 #
Nov 14, 2013 19:47:58 #
Heirloom Tomato wrote:
Please try your upload again, no photo showed up.
Howzat now?
Nov 14, 2013 19:51:48 #
Uuglypher wrote:
Howzat now?
There it is! I'm sure you will receive more detailed C&C. I will just say that I enjoyed the subtle winter color palette and the simple but pleasing composition.
Nov 14, 2013 20:02:01 #
Very lovely image with a lot of emotion.
I identified with your mention of a foreign beauty as I experienced the same when moving from lush, green Maine to semi-arid central Washington.
I identified with your mention of a foreign beauty as I experienced the same when moving from lush, green Maine to semi-arid central Washington.
Nov 14, 2013 20:26:38 #
What are your thoughts on cropping this just below the first dark spot at the top?
It is not necessary, but I find my eye drawn there rather than the hoarfrost below.
It is not necessary, but I find my eye drawn there rather than the hoarfrost below.
Nov 14, 2013 20:38:22 #
St3v3M wrote:
What are your thoughts on cropping this just below the first dark spot at the top?
It is not necessary, but I find my eye drawn there rather than the hoarfrost below.
It is not necessary, but I find my eye drawn there rather than the hoarfrost below.
I think it has more than a bit of merit. Although I prefer it as is, I am aware hat others , like you, are distracted by he dark, high cloud, and the crop you suggest brings it into close-to-perfect compliance with the vertical rule-of-thirds.
Dave
Nov 14, 2013 20:41:13 #
Uuglypher wrote:
I think it has more than a bit of merit. Although I prefer it as is, I am aware hat others , like you, are distracted by he dark, high cloud, and the crop you suggest brings it into close-to-perfect compliance with the vertical rule-of-thirds.
Dave
Dave
Love the sky, but want to see more of the field in front of me. Thanks!
Nov 14, 2013 20:45:06 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Very lovely image with a lot of emotion.
I identified with your mention of a foreign beauty as I experienced the same when moving from lush, green Maine to semi-arid central Washington.
I identified with your mention of a foreign beauty as I experienced the same when moving from lush, green Maine to semi-arid central Washington.
Thanks for you comments, Linda. He emotion is ere for me, and on the slightly-above-zero dawn the warm earth tones provided me a sense of warmth...comfort...and my down vest helped as well !
Dave
Nov 14, 2013 20:47:43 #
Heirloom Tomato wrote:
There it is! I'm sure you will receive more detailed C&C. I will just say that I enjoyed the subtle winter color palette and the simple but pleasing composition.
Thanks, H.T.,
The basic simplicity of palette and composition put me in a Shaker frame of mind in P.P...." Simple Gifts"
Dave
Nov 14, 2013 20:51:56 #
St3v3M wrote:
Love the sky, but want to see more of the field in front of me. Thanks!
thanks. I do understand that and must admit that i did not do my usual follow-up of several in-camera compositions with a few backed-off, wider views that sometimes permit a few more late-appreciated options in P.P.
Dave
Nov 14, 2013 21:05:32 #
Uuglypher wrote:
thanks. I do understand that and must admit that i did not do my usual follow-up of several in-camera compositions with a few backed-off, wider views that sometimes permit a few more late-appreciated options in P.P.
Dave
Dave
This is a good photo. It is very unusually composed. Most Landscapers would consider this to much up top.
I do like the sky... all of it. I still think I would have done as you say. Backed up or lowered your frame.
Still a very nice image.
Russ
Nov 14, 2013 21:34:14 #
Thank you Russ. My penchant for lottsa sky is, I am sure, the result of observing, after moving to the northern plaines from the northeast that in many places one does not look "out" at the horizon, but slightly down upon it, even at a great distance. The corollary is that I live on South Dakota, but in the sky...a thought that recurs several times a day.
Dave
Dave
Nov 14, 2013 23:01:46 #
It must be good for I can see my breath. I agree with Russ; I would lower the frame just a bit because all of that sky does add to the photo.
Nov 15, 2013 00:14:47 #
tainkc wrote:
It must be good for I can see my breath. I agree with Russ; I would lower the frame just a bit because all of that sky does add to the photo.
tainkc, I think I hear you saying drop the bottom edge to gather more FG, but don't crop the top?
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