Landscape shots
Mar 28, 2019 10:10:50 #
I hear we could use some landscape shots here, so I have a couple on the browser taken this spring. Any comments and/or critiques and/or suggestions for improvements would be welcomed. Thanks for looking. Which is the better shot?
Mar 28, 2019 10:33:04 #
Both are good shots. The first one with the S curve attracts the eye. If at all possible those telephone or electric wires should be cloned.
A simple Curves Adjustment will improve on the contrast.
A simple Curves Adjustment will improve on the contrast.
Mar 28, 2019 10:42:51 #
Agree with camerapapi on all counts. Were these shot in slight haze or fog - or achieved via pp? There isn't enough of the atmosphere to make me feel its mood. I find myself wishing for vibrant, clean spring colors. I do love your compositions and subjects!
Mar 28, 2019 11:04:59 #
Thank you for your quick responses. Yes, Linda, it was a foggy morning, heavy overcast, and the vibrant colors that one associates with a group of pear trees just was not to be had. Ironically, this is the best possible day for shooting the early blooming trees, as for the next two nights we had not only frosts, but freezes that killed the blossoms. And, camerapapi, I agree, the electric lines should be removed. Thanks for the suggestion of a curves adjustment, as I had not thought about that.
Mar 28, 2019 11:24:45 #
I also like the first one and would like to see the lines removed. In the second I like the use of negative space all the way down the rows of trees.
Mar 28, 2019 11:42:13 #
Mar 28, 2019 11:57:46 #
Wanda Krack wrote:
I hear we could use some landscape shots here, so I have a couple on the browser taken this spring. Any comments and/or critiques and/or suggestions for improvements would be welcomed. Thanks for looking. Which is the better shot?
I like 2 the most, both have good leading lines.
Mar 29, 2019 06:32:17 #
GeorgeK
Loc: NNJ
FWIW I prefer the first and agree that the removing the wires would eliminate a distraction. Not sure that I would increase contrast, though. As it is, there is a sense of what is to come in the following days and weeks - the capture of a moment.
Mar 29, 2019 07:18:54 #
Mar 29, 2019 07:22:12 #
Thanks to each of you for your notes of appreciation, and especially for your suggestions.
Mar 29, 2019 08:07:59 #
I prefer the curves in the first photo. Since I’m sort of a fan of reality, the wires don’t bother me.
Mar 29, 2019 08:08:54 #
While I like the curved road, I prefer #2 becasue I really can't tolerate the wires in #1.
Just my 2 cents worth.
Just my 2 cents worth.
Mar 29, 2019 13:29:38 #
Wanda, both of these have a lot of potential. There seems to be some processing funkiness going on in both of them.
--Bob
--Bob
Wanda Krack wrote:
I hear we could use some landscape shots here, so I have a couple on the browser taken this spring. Any comments and/or critiques and/or suggestions for improvements would be welcomed. Thanks for looking. Which is the better shot?
Mar 29, 2019 14:42:06 #
I really like both shots, but I also think the first one would look much better if the electical lines were removed fro the image.
Mar 29, 2019 16:36:18 #
I'm in a quandary. Both photos are of a peaceful pastoral scene. Why, then, do I find myself tensing up when I see the photos?
Anyone? Anyone?
Anyone? Anyone?
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