Another version of foggy sunrise in Alpe di Siusi. This time a bit tighter frame with more focus on light stripes and spots. Please do tear it apart.
Another version of foggy sunrise in Alpe di Siusi. This time a bit tighter frame with more focus on light stripes and spots. Please do tear it apart.
Beautiful
Great shot, That light is magical. I don't think I am at a level to capture this image, but I will try to critique :)
You asked for nit-picks so....
There are some vehicle tracks in the left lower 1/3 that I find distracting and would clonestamp out.
The ridge from the right side (middle of frame, no buildings on it) doesn't take me to the buildings lit by the god-rays.
The four buildings on the lower part of the image lead me out of frame.
My eye wants to go from right to left on all elements in the fore/midground. There isn't much to lead me back through the scene from the left to right.
If you found a way to accentuate the shadows/highlights in the cloud from the upper left I think this would be a stronger composition. As that would lead from the upper left back to the middle of the image.
The color palette is spot on, good job balancing the warm and cool tones. I like the fact the trees are all sillohettes.
-SL
thnx a lot! apparently, nit-picks is the thing I need for my photographs. you going deeper gives me more things to think of!
Np.
Compositionally moving down the hill you're standing on a little bit could work, or maybe down and to the left, excluding the nearest building.
This would bring the center ridge to lead into the far house, and maybe give you a lead in line from the footpath near the fence. The problem then is you lose the beautiful roof detail on the nearest house.
Without knowing the location it is difficult to say much on compositional elements, I guess what I am getting at is why not go even tighter?
-SL
Here are some views from the spot a bit higher and to the left. still few to edit from that spot
Ohh, In the first of these images, punching in on the lower middle. Something like this, go telephoto to really simplify the scene.
Just imagine the center tree in the scene illuminated...
This is a spectacular location with lots of potential subjects and I would love to see you shoot the various elements. The fact you got such a great (wide) original image after seeing how much stuff is in the scene is impressive.
-SL
Looks awesome, the texture of the grass is really interesting, how did you process it? I love the fog as well. If I'm nitpicking maybe punching the sharpness more in the foreground (where the first two houses reside) would create a bigger differentiation from the fog in the back.
Thnx! I was trying not to oversharp but looks like I could have gone more))). LR, PS + Nik Color. Grad filter, Bunch of brushes and dodge/burn.
This is a great shot, Bruce. I really like it. This post is also an example of how this forum comes together to provide some really good constructive criticism.
For me, the lines in the picture are kind of leading me all over the place, and my eyes are darting from left to right and right to left, trying to find an anchor and orient themselves. I don't think you did anything wrong; the scene in front of you is what it is. But if you had the time with the light and so on, maybe you could have moved around a bit to find the most interesting composition.
I would probably have liked a higher vantage point, with the nearest house occupying a less significant portion of the frame. From a post-processing perspective, I would maybe have brought out a little bit more detail in the shadows and made a little bit more of an exposure difference between the lit and unlit areas. But that's just my opinion.
All in all, a great shot that you should be very gratified with.
Cheers,
Sid
Edit: Corrected a typo.
Thnx Sid for the input! Actually, I have several pictures from area a bit to the side or higher spots. I showed 2 before already, still have some to edit