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Landscape & Nature Photographyon: September 30, 2020 at 6:06 am
Thoughts?
Jeremy
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Thoughts?
Jeremy
This may not be your style, Jeremy, but I wonder if you could lower the exposure and then “pop the whites” so that the sunlit tree tip, the white bark trees, and the stream in the background stand out more dramatically. To my eye, the image could use more contrast, but that may not fit with what you want.
David
Website and blog: www.DavidEckelsPhotography.com
It’s not a bad idea, David. I’ll have another play with it.
Jeremy
Was it something like this you had in mind, David?
Jeremy
Jeremy Roussak.
Jeremy Roussak.
Yes, that is “better” IMHO. How would it look to you with an even darker background and more pop to the yellow and white trunks? I could show you rather than describe what I am trying to say. You know, picture worth a thousand words 😉 If you wouldn’t mind, but of course it is your image and I do like drama.
David
Website and blog: www.DavidEckelsPhotography.com
Play away, David. I’m very seldom possessive about any of my photos and I’ll be interested to see your take on this one.
Jeremy
Hi Jeremy,
what just occurred to me on no.2 is a pattern of diagonal lines (from left to bottom right), they create a fan-shape. The lit up tree is an aberration in that pattern. it would be interesting to see what happens if you accentuate that further. Although this is a natural/organic subject, the actual graphic appearance is of a “geometric nature”…
Regards
Frank
Here’s more what I had in mind, Jeremy:
Maybe with a little more saturation of the yellow.
David
Website and blog: www.DavidEckelsPhotography.com
I like it, David. You’ve carried the darkening I did (at your suggestion) even further and it’s effective, particularly the way in which the white trees stand out.
Jeremy
Thanks to Jeremy for finding this, and to both you and David for bringing out its potential. 🙂
Mike.
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