A very appealing image with a very distinct mood, Marius. And a similar, no-unnecessary-element simplicity as your recent pastel sunset tree image. I like your processing. Care to say what you've done? There seems to be some variety of soft-focus effect. The overall effect is quite painterly.
Thank you Chris. The aim was to find this somber composition. I did the minimal to this to keep as much of this lonely bare moment. The air that day was so cold it freezes and you get this haze (we were somewhere at -28deg C) . i only altered the temp down, slight contrast up, clarity down, trim back the blue, slight vignette and a tad dehazing..
Thanks for the info, Marius. I'm pleased to hear that you were portraying what you saw, rather than invented. The world is a beautiful place as is.
Often digital photographers' attempts to improve on it have the opposite effect for me. (Of course, this is a separate issue from the fact that a RAW file is often nothing like what we saw.) I'm so used to seeing the Orton effect and others that I assumed you'd probably done this. I find it interesting that your adjustments in clarity, contrast and dehaze are in the OPPOSITE direction to what I'd have expected.
Clearly you haven't contrived, but captured and conveyed the reality to us. Well done! Hope to see more from you. It's hard to believe you've only been at this seriously for such a short time.
I really like this shot, possibly EBI the twig right was removed as I found it distracting and it would also have made the tree the only feature. Room for a haiku on the right.
Mike just a question about the suggested twig removal vs keeping it there: when you looked at the photo do you latch onto the twig or do you look at it and then wander back to the left and then back to the twig as to try and figure out if its part of the same fallen tree? just to know if that imperfection actually keeps the viewer more engaged ?
As a westerner I read left to right, so I scan the image from tree to twig, when I hit the twig and try to scan back, I end up back at the twig. It's a personal thing but I like the idea of settling an image in my mind after scanning so rather than interest it feels out of synch. Ask a 100 people and you will probably get a range of responses but I have only the one ;o) - good question and point though.
A very appealing image with a very distinct mood, Marius. And a similar, no-unnecessary-element simplicity as your recent pastel sunset tree image. I like your processing. Care to say what you've done? There seems to be some variety of soft-focus effect. The overall effect is quite painterly.
Thank you Chris. The aim was to find this somber composition. I did the minimal to this to keep as much of this lonely bare moment. The air that day was so cold it freezes and you get this haze (we were somewhere at -28deg C) . i only altered the temp down, slight contrast up, clarity down, trim back the blue, slight vignette and a tad dehazing..
Thanks for the info, Marius. I'm pleased to hear that you were portraying what you saw, rather than invented. The world is a beautiful place as is.
Often digital photographers' attempts to improve on it have the opposite effect for me. (Of course, this is a separate issue from the fact that a RAW file is often nothing like what we saw.) I'm so used to seeing the Orton effect and others that I assumed you'd probably done this. I find it interesting that your adjustments in clarity, contrast and dehaze are in the OPPOSITE direction to what I'd have expected.
Clearly you haven't contrived, but captured and conveyed the reality to us. Well done! Hope to see more from you. It's hard to believe you've only been at this seriously for such a short time.
Thank you Chris for the detail observations and feedback - much appreciated. yes the learning curve is steep.
I really like this shot, possibly EBI the twig right was removed as I found it distracting and it would also have made the tree the only feature. Room for a haiku on the right.
thank you Mike. i appreciate your feedback and learning about the finer detail and also for the haiku reference.
Mike just a question about the suggested twig removal vs keeping it there: when you looked at the photo do you latch onto the twig or do you look at it and then wander back to the left and then back to the twig as to try and figure out if its part of the same fallen tree? just to know if that imperfection actually keeps the viewer more engaged ?
I'd keep the twig for the reason you're suggesting here, Marius.
As a westerner I read left to right, so I scan the image from tree to twig, when I hit the twig and try to scan back, I end up back at the twig. It's a personal thing but I like the idea of settling an image in my mind after scanning so rather than interest it feels out of synch. Ask a 100 people and you will probably get a range of responses but I have only the one ;o) - good question and point though.