Along The Road (Landscape Section): Image taken on the side of Burtonville Rd, located in Fultonville, NY. I was drawn to the scene by the colorful flowers and tried to compose a...

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

Image taken on the side of Burtonville Rd, located in Fultonville, NY. I was drawn to the scene by the colorful flowers and tried to compose a pleasing photo by incorporating the fence and forest in the background. The focus is on the flowers and the background is intentionally softer to not distract from the main subject. I Intended the picture to invoke memories of carefree drives along rural roads.

Critique, comments and suggestions always welcomed. Thanks.

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UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

An engaging capture!

Guyserman Loc: Benton, AR

Download very nice. A sea of flowers.

repleo Loc: Boston

Bmac wrote:

Image taken on the side of Burtonville Rd, locate... (show quote)

Very nice shot Bmac.

Suggestion: Just playing with the scroll bar on the download I thought that a 16:9 (+/-) format taking some of the trees off the top - top of fence at about third point - brought a lot more emphasis to the flowers. Looking at the full fame again I think the trees want to carry the eye up towards the top and tending towards overshooting the flowers.

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

UTMike wrote:

An engaging capture!

Thanks Mike, glad you liked it.

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

Guyserman wrote:

Download very nice. A sea of flowers.

Thanks for commenting Guyserman. It was a pretty scene, but it was hotter than hades that day.

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

repleo wrote:

Very nice shot Bmac.

Suggestion: Just playing with the scroll bar on the download I thought that a 16:9 (+/-) format taking some of the trees off the top - top of fence at about third point - brought a lot more emphasis to the flowers. Looking at the full fame again I think the trees want to carry the eye up towards the top and tending towards overshooting the flowers.

You make a valid point Phil, so here is a 16:9 format of the photo. Thanks for your idea.

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rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

Bmac wrote:

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Spring has sprung

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

rgrenaderphoto wrote:

Spring has sprung

Hopefully very soon.

NikonGal Loc: Central Oregon

Enjoyed your vision of "along the road" scene. I prefer the cropped version and 1 more PP option of darkening the tree trunk. Thanks, Bev

kenievans Loc: Dallas

Bmac wrote:

You make a valid point Phil, so here is a 16:9 format of the photo. Thanks for your idea.

I am in agreement on the crop. I think it brings the focus back to the flowers and it should. You did a very nice job capturing them.

R.G. Loc: Scotland

I always like it when I can see one or two of the flowers up close so that I can see their details and shape, while the rest of the flowers etc form the background. Perhaps this particular scene didn't lend itself to such a composition.

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

NikonGal wrote:

Enjoyed your vision of "along the road" scene. I prefer the cropped version and 1 more PP option of darkening the tree trunk. Thanks, Bev

Thanks for your thoughts Bev. I, too, like the cropped version and may either darken or eliminate the tree trunk. At times, I am reluctant to remove too many elements from a landscape image, but rather tend to leave what the scene literally was. In this case, however, I am being swayed.

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

kenievans wrote:

I am in agreement on the crop. I think it brings the focus back to the flowers and it should. You did a very nice job capturing them.

Thanks for taking a look and commenting Keni. The crop seems to be the way to go with this photo.

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

R.G. wrote:

I always like it when I can see one or two of the flowers up close so that I can see their details and shape, while the rest of the flowers etc form the background. Perhaps this particular scene didn't lend itself to such a composition.

A very valid point R.G. and I wish I had taken another shot as you describe. Thanks for the suggestion.