Is it ok to have foregound as big as in first photo to show snow patterns?
Or is it better to concentrate on mountains and use frame composition?
Which composition is more interesting?
Is it ok to have foregound as big as in first photo to show snow patterns?
Or is it better to concentrate on mountains and use frame composition?
Hi. I really like the first shot! Beautiful tones and in my opinion the composition works well!
Thank you :)
I like the first composition more. If we disregard the color (which adds more mood than the second), I like how the plains are hidden behind the foreground mountain top, but there is a beautiful leading line, which leads the eye into the hidden background. That makes the composition more interesting to me.
Thank you :)
In answer to your first question, I think the answer is "Yes, sometimes - but not here" for me at least, as the dark foreground, interesting texture and all, doesn't somehow balance with the equally beautiful but "busier", more contrasty background. Separate images of each might work. Also, that dark foreground has an oppressive quality against the "happier" background. Hope that all makes some sense to you!
The second image is much more harmonious in these respects for me - the foreground snow contours not so dark or large. But the light seems to be softer, so the whole "feel" is different. I like!
So - second image is better, but the first may work if you reduced the tonal contrast between fore- & background. (However, I've just tried lightening the foreground - and it just didn't look right!)
Thanks. I think I understand. Will check later raw files because it could be my processing.
By far I prefer the first one. The strong foreground really draws your eye into the photo. And showing more of the environment definitely helps the composition.
Doing a good mountain composition on a single image when you're higher up than everything else is difficult. In both images you're higher up than the main subject, the mountain, so its presence and importance is reduced. A panorama is easier in those conditions I think. The first one for me would be better if you focused on the textures of the snow (which are definitely interesting) and removed the mountain on the right entirely.
Interesting idea.
For me personally, the second one works better, as a whole, in terms of composition. I like the idea behind the first photo, but the foreground seems to steal my focus, leaving the lit mountain to linger in the background. The second issue I kind of have with the first image, is that the foreground has a leading line, but it just leads off to the left side of the image, away from the mountain.
That being said, I like the tones in the first image better, and both of them are nice, overall.
Without a doubt the first image. The detail and patterns in the snow field adds so much to your image. Beautiful
Prior to reading others (so as not to be influenced.....)
I prefer the first. You have introduced nice detail in the foreground, and as it is in shade I find my eye drawn along the ridge to the sunlit mountain beyond. This gives the image a sense of depth and scale.
The sunrise/sunset in the first image also provides a beautiful rose-colored glow to the mountains and interest in the sky, the second is much flatter.
Congrats on such a lovely image
After reading other comments I find the differing views intriguing, and a further example of how subjective art can be..
Aleksander, I'd love to hear which you prefer on 'gut feeling' - sometimes I feel we over-analyze our own work and second guess ourselves.
Without over-analyzing I prefer second one more (but only a small bit) :) I like pleasent images and don't care if the image is not so exceptional.
I try to experiment and quite often choose what is interesting rather than what is the most pleasant, nice to see.
I prefer the second image. It invites you in rather than pushes you away.
I like the first image more than the second, but I might trim some of the bottom off the first. It feels heavy at the bottom. I'd prob, if I were cropping it, cut it where the slope meets the bottom right edge, or just below that. Just my opinion though.
The second image is more full, but doesnt quite have the dynamic tones of the first. I like the composition of the 2nd more, but the 1st feels more "exciting."