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Post by The Wirefox on Feb 6, 2012 20:41:34 GMT
Lone tree at Lyme Park. I have a feeling I may have gone over on the processing but on second glimpse I kind of like the loss of definition in certain areas ..mmm  |
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Post by robnaylor on Feb 6, 2012 20:56:00 GMT
Good processing on the tree, I like the dappled shadows of the leaves in the trunk.
IMO the definition loss is all in the foreground and most could be sacrificed for the sake of the main subject - the tree.
I like these single tree images, they always win with their stark simplicity.
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Post by Stevewebb on Feb 7, 2012 11:47:36 GMT
It's interesting that you left so much space at the top of the frame Steve. It doesn't all fit on my laptop screen in one go so I keep scrolling up and down and can't decide if it would look better to me with the crop finishing just above the top of the cloud. To keep the balance between foreground and sky you could lose about the same amount from the bottom to have the right leading line of the path coming right out of the corner of the frame. Nice picture, regardless.  |
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Post by chrisc on Feb 7, 2012 12:11:27 GMT
Well........in my ever so humble opinion, I didn't understand the lack of excitement at the bottom of the frame, or for that matter the lack of excitement at the top of the frame when there was so much richness in the tree treatment. Someone else mentioned "dappled" and I thought that was a theme which could be carried out by dappling the foreground, changing to a square crop to hint at the cloud content, but sunny/cloudy day and really changing the overall atmosphere yet leave that lone tree isolation I think we all like.  (Sorry, Rob, for the over-wordiness. I know it makes you crazy.) ;D |
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Post by robnaylor on Feb 7, 2012 13:07:56 GMT
(Sorry, Rob, for the over-wordiness. I know it makes you crazy.) ;D Not my thread, I claim "word immunity". |
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Post by maryloveslucy on Feb 7, 2012 14:40:23 GMT
Nice image, Steve. I like the simplicity of it. On my monitor it almost has a slight purple tone...very slight. Images with lots of white (or if you prefer the term, negative) space always appeal to me.
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Post by Barry on Feb 7, 2012 18:33:17 GMT
I can see why Chris cropped to make the tree more prominent in the image, but I think I still prefer Steves original composition, as it shows the tree in more isolation, maybe a bit more contrast would be nice. Oh and just noticed the top left hand corner - is that brush strokes or some sort of banding in the tones.
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