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Photo Of The Day - October 2017
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Very old photo of the pier at the end of my street.
Ok, I'm going against my usual way of things by posting an image where I feel there is something I don't like about it - but can't put my finger on it. I shoot for me (always have done) but in this case I'd welcome some critical comments and feedback on this one.
Glenapp in Autumn
October 2017
Soft morning light glows through the colourful beech trees, highlighting the fallen leaves on the valley floor of Glenapp. There hasn't been too much Autumn colour in the Rhinns area this year due to the recent storms - but when you know where to look, the colour can be found.
Fuji XT-2 with Samyang 12mm f2 NCS lens using Hitech Firecrest 0.9 solid Neutral Density filter and LEE Filters 0.6 Neutral Density Soft Graduated filter.
1.3s / f11 / ISO 200
Glenapp in Autumn
October 2017
Soft morning light glows through the colourful beech trees, highlighting the fallen leaves on the valley floor of Glenapp. There hasn't been too much Autumn colour in the Rhinns area this year due to the recent storms - but when you know where to look, the colour can be found.
Fuji XT-2 with Samyang 12mm f2 NCS lens using Hitech Firecrest 0.9 solid Neutral Density filter and LEE Filters 0.6 Neutral Density Soft Graduated filter.
1.3s / f11 / ISO 200
Well, the only things I can think of is to rotate the image 1-2 % to straighten up the top of the grass line to horizontal, and there seems to be a hot spot in the top centre of the frame where the trees are a lighter shade of green.
I'm no expert, but I have found it difficult to comment on a photo that is already such a good shot
Cheers
Hugh
I think it's a lovely image. And honestly I personally wouldn't change anything about it. But with that said, looking at it with the intent to change something.....have you tried flipping? In general I never flip images; mostly because my daughter has two different colored eyes, so if I flipped an image of her, she wouldn't look right. I also, in general, am against the practice of flipping things in nature as if you walked up to the scene, it would all be backwards. However, with all that said, for this particular image, it feels like the water is flowing the wrong direction to me. I want it to lead from the upper left to bottom right, or from the bottom left to the upper right. For some reason with this specific image it just seems to be going backwards.
[doublepost=1509193620][/doublepost]Here is a horribly bad photo in terms of perspective and straight lines, but I really liked all the leather shoes hanging in the window here.
I really like your photo --the colors, the light. The forced perspective points to the unusual shoe display.
But in case you were wondering what it 'd look like after being dropped into DxO Perspective:
(I think the straightened version cries out for another centimeter or two at the bottom. It stretched out the cornice & frieze as well which removes focus from the open window.)
I apologize about butting in & mangling your picture.
I was curious.
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Reflections of aspens in Rush Creek, June Lake Loop, Inyo NF
I really like your photo --the colors, the light. The forced perspective points to the unusual shoe display.
But in case you were wondering what it 'd look like after being dropped into DxO Perspective:
(I think the straightened version cries out for another centimeter or two at the bottom. It stretched out the cornice & frieze as well which removes focus from the open window.)
I apologize about butting in & mangling your picture.
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Oh, thanks! If it was anything more than just a quick snap I might have tried to fix it through LR and PS. Now that I've seen your version, I might actually have to fix it! I was just too short to get a good initial perspective on it originally.
+1 my thoughts before reading your post, the water is flowing the wrong way and leading you out of the picture rather than into it.
Love the colours and tones. Perhaps it is the angle at which the water appears to flow in the bottom left - makes the photo look like it is distorted. Perhaps a crop to remove some of the left-side would get rid of that effect. Hope you don't mind but something like this?
I think it's good. Perhaps what you're experiencing is your departure from the calm minimalist feel and look that you do so well. There's a lot going on in this shot.
~ Peter
Well, the only things I can think of is to rotate the image 1-2 % to straighten up the top of the grass line to horizontal, and there seems to be a hot spot in the top centre of the frame where the trees are a lighter shade of green.
I'm no expert, but I have found it difficult to comment on a photo that is already such a good shot
Cheers
Hugh
Thank you all for the valuable feedback. The shot has been bugging me all day since completing editing. The more I look at it, the more I don’t like it.
I actually said to my wife earlier today (before posting) that the image has quite a lot going on in it compared to normal, so I think @Cheese&Apple is onto something there.
Also, I feel the lead in line of the river works “against” the flow of the water, as others have mentioned too.
Decision made, it’s not going on my website.
Thanks again everyone, I appreciate the feedback
We had a fun day at the local Parkour park yesterday, trying to get the local council to raise its status, so that it can have BBQ's and some toilets added to it. We had to document how far away people had come to see it, there were a couple of fellas from Berlin, Germany there for the day. This guy was pretty amazing with his leaps and tricks!
[doublepost=1509238978][/doublepost]Adding my belated two cents, you may be uncomfortable with this shot because the eye has no place to rest. One fix is to chop the photo in half horizontally, and oddly the eye will rest on the yellow trees in the back. Must have been awesome in real life.
Was down there last week at my mother’s place. Are you in Dunedin, Palm Harbor or Tarpon Springs? She’s by the marina in Dunedin.Very old photo of the pier at the end of my street.
