Critique Fest

[seabird]

This tree you can crop any which way
my first was
I'll just post em both

I really like both of these. Brings things to the image that would never have occurred to me. Thanks.

Cheers

[Patrick Dixon]

With peters image I first cropped it panoramic almost exactly as did Vaughn and the other dude
sorry "other dude" ..I'm on page 4 now and can't remember

Wasn't working for me
The shadow on the left side is the most distracting part of the photo
You really do have two images crammed into one with a line separating the two in the middle


Irfanview job so no burns but this is how'd I crop it

It works for me.

[h2oman]

I'm not sure whether to give this any more attention or trash it. Does it have any merit? Ideas to improve it? It is cropped from a 4x5, but I didn't feel there was anything above or below what I'm showing that needed to be included. I cropped the bottom just above a brighter swath.

I'll have to get back out there sometime when there are some clouds, or maybe when it is snowing.

[sun of sand]

I really like blank skies
believe clouds could potentially ruin it

[h2oman]

Thanks for the comment, SOS. There was one small cloud lurking around rightonthe horizon, and I purposely waited for it to move on, as it was definitely a distraction. I'm not sure I like the tones as they are in the image presented - maybe I'll fool with it a bit more.

Here are two more. The 6x12 ratio is what I had envisioned when I made the image, but my wife suggested she might like the pile of mossy rocks on the left removed. Any preferencesout there?

[Ken Lee]

I'm not sure whether to give this any more attention or trash it. Does it have any merit?

I think it does. Just explore the innumerable possibilities of composition and tonality. Here are two made in quick time.

[Peter Mounier]

H2oman
I like this shot. I didn't do too much to it except to increase the contrast a little bit for a stronger swath of shadows across the frame.

Peter

[Peter Mounier]

I agree with your wife H2oman. Here's what I did...

Peter

[Morca]

I think it does. Just explore the innumerable possibilities of composition and tonality. Here are two made in quick time.

I like the first crop here, it has the same feel as the original crop but much tighter, giving immediacy to the elements.

[Ken Lee]

Here are two more. The 6x12 ratio is what I had envisioned when I made the image, but my wife suggested she might like the pile of mossy rocks on the left removed. Any preferences out there?

In the same spirit as your wife's polite and astute suggestion: Some of us might have reached for a longer lens. We love the whole scene, but some times, it's better to settle for a stronger emphasis, on fewer elements.