Critique Club Critique
(1) COMPOSITION (CONTENT) – From your title, your subject was the bare trees of winter. The photo shows that. You had three sight lines to choose from – viewed from the left tree line, from the center, and from the right side. I hope you took all three. I’ve tried similar shots, and found that an off angle sometimes looks better. I find that the centered view is the best when there is a subject or target at the point of convergence. I don’t see it here. But this center line works ok – and you have everything well centered. I also like how you got close to the ground for the shot.
(2) BACKGROUND - I like how you chose a fair amount of negative space at the top. It works very well.
(3) CAMERA WORK ,TECHNICAL – The near trees are in good focus. The far ones are a tad blurred. I’d recommend a smaller aperture, say f/11, and a tripod.
(4) DIGITAL PROCESSING ,TECHNICAL – The only minor change I see would be to crop out the small white paper centered in the foreground. I question whether this would have worked better in B&W. The green grass is “not winter” with the leaves down.
(5) MY OPINION ON THE PHOTO – A good photo which could have been improved (I think) with a different choice of shot angle.
The more I look at this the better I like it. It seems a bit grainy though. A little bigger file size and maybe Neat Image would have helped. Great shot though.
Cool night shot. The horizon is tilted and there seems to be a bit too much space up top, I would crop in a inch or two. Maybe crop a bit off the bottom to get rid of the distracting white paper looking thing.
Magnificent! Well balanced...well lit....the lines are wonderful!...the horizon seems a bit tilted from right to left but that may very well have been the natural state of the ground. Anyhow, good luck!
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