This I feel might be a stretch for the challenge, and would have loved to have had a person on the path, but I was on my way home from work and alone on this day. Photoshop was levels, curves, b&w (cs3 style), cloned out a couple random branches on the front right tree, resize, usm, add a border. My goal was to try and get a shot where the path fades into the fog, and I think I did that.
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This is an awesome shot, really like the tones you have here, great idea as well, maybe a bit of a stretch for some, but it seems as though it did quite well in spite of that. I love the path that leads through the photo as well, great job with this one.
First impression is that this is a very successful photo. It conveys a simple message immediately. I won't comment on the appropriateness to the challenge since it was effectively a free-study. Excellent position of both the foreground tree on the thirds line and the row of trees fading into the fog on another thirds line. The leading lines pull my eye through the image very gently and very sucessfully. The darker foreground tree anchors the image very well allowing the eye to dance through the row of trees into nowhere.
Tone
Great tonal range. The contrast and tone of the foreground tree works very well in relation to the fog bound row of trees and background. Good work with levels and curves in not blowing out the fog and background and also preserving the detail in the shadows.
Focus
I might like the foreground tree to be a bit sharper and to show more detail. I imagine the full resolution image does much better in this area. 640x does not help in this area.
If I were to...
If I were editing this, I would experiment with cropping or removing the tree on the far right. It does detract a little bit from the leading lines. By removing it you leave only two main sets of objects that play off each other. This tree on the far right competes a little bit for my attention, detracting from the main interplay between foreground and background. It is a third player.
Last comment on this excellent image is that I am not sure that the relatively strong borders help the image. I am a fan of very thin, subtle borders. I think the strong black and white borders compete too much with the image and possibly a gray border may allow the image to speak on its own. There are no strong blacks or whites in the photo so the border may be a bit too strong.
Great photo. You just missed top 10.
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