Spring on the Backroads
Apr 27, 2015 21:41:59 #
Picky comments welcome.
Have at it!
Have at it!
Apr 27, 2015 23:07:37 #
I have nothing picky to say--I love it! Makes me want to go there and drive down that road....
Apr 27, 2015 23:24:08 #
Beautifully framed Jim. The diagonal of the winding road really draws the eye through the scene. The soft light and natural colours are wonderful. Perfect DOF and great clarity. There isn't anything about this that I don't like.
Remember people .. please try to comment on one or more of these three:
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Impact
Technical
Remember people .. please try to comment on one or more of these three:
Compostion
Impact
Technical
Apr 27, 2015 23:29:46 #
Hard to be picky about this. Colors are really nice - vivid, but not excessively over-saturated. A wonderful composition. Perhaps I would have attempted to pull back contrast on the clouds a little, to make them appear more soft and fluffy.
Apr 28, 2015 03:38:03 #
Its not my sort of photograph Jim but the masters touch has pulled it off. You have made a beautifully composed but mundane scene positively shout to be noticed with exquisite PP work.
Would love to watch you at work in front of your PC my man
There we are Sandra all three criteria covered!!
Would love to watch you at work in front of your PC my man
There we are Sandra all three criteria covered!!
Apr 28, 2015 10:19:07 #
Mundane, Billy? This is anything but a mundane scene! It is the beginning of a journey through a lovely countryside .. the day is full of possibilities. I guess we all have our own idea of mundane.
Apr 28, 2015 11:41:37 #
Photographer Jim wrote:
Picky comments welcome.
Have at it!
Have at it!
Jim, I love your image. The road leading me through the image. The beautiful green to yellow tones of the fields. The summer sky. To me, it's a beautiful relaxing image. I want to be there. I really appreciate relaxing images. This world needs more relaxation and less up tightness. Good work.
Apr 28, 2015 12:00:48 #
The composition is really quite lovely. The interplay of curves, of the hills, the road and the light, is quite rhythmic - almost musical. A pleasant pastoral scene which wants only a point of interest - a 'kicker' if you will. Perhaps a horse pulling a hay wagon at the second curve in the road. Or a rider on horseback just disappearing around the corner. Opinions on this differ, but I prefer to see images without graphic framing - I just think they distract from the art I want to see. (Hanging on the wall is a different matter)
Apr 28, 2015 13:35:12 #
It's one or two steps back from being an out-and-out minimalist shot, and I'd say it benefits from that. This is minimalism for people who don't like the hard-core stuff. My only criticism is that the dark areas seem a bit too dark to my eye, but that's probably a purely personal thing.
Apr 28, 2015 20:31:06 #
Photographer Jim wrote:
Picky comments welcome.
Have at it!
Have at it!
Jim,
I'm intrigued by how the exceptional depth is actually further enhanced by your unusual treatment of the sky...the almost blown sky at the horizon seems to physically pull the viewer ...at least THIS one...beyond the actual horizon to the brighter land out of sight beyond it!
I'm not sure I've ever seen...or been aware that I've seen ..exactly such an effect before.
I find it amazingly effective.
Dave
Apr 28, 2015 20:57:03 #
Uuglypher wrote:
Jim,
I'm intrigued by how the exceptional depth is actually further enhanced by your unusual treatment of the sky...the almost blown sky at the horizon seems to physically pull the viewer ...at least THIS one...beyond the actual horizon to the brighter land out of sight beyond it!
I'm not sure I've ever seen...or been aware that I've seen ..exactly such an effect before.
I find it amazingly effective.
Dave
I'm intrigued by how the exceptional depth is actually further enhanced by your unusual treatment of the sky...the almost blown sky at the horizon seems to physically pull the viewer ...at least THIS one...beyond the actual horizon to the brighter land out of sight beyond it!
I'm not sure I've ever seen...or been aware that I've seen ..exactly such an effect before.
I find it amazingly effective.
Dave
I wish I could take credit for doing something innovative and creatively unique, but alas what is actually going on is a great deal of wind kicking up a lot of dust and stuff off in the distance. I actually cloned out two small dust devils near the first turn in the road!
I have actually been wondering how people would react. It bothered me, hence, I posted to see if it brought forth comments. Truthfully I would have preferred blue sky right down to the horizon! I may test it out in a club competition, but I'm skeptical it would be a part of my sale catalog.
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