Nice contribution to change our view on this image, and potentially on how we pick our scenes and make compositions, thnx
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Red Rocks, Morrison, Colorado.
Toyo 45CF + Sinaron 135mm + Arista EDU 100 + HC-110.
https://kaushixphotos.s3.us-west-2.a...redrocks-2.jpg
Wonderful directional lighting, and like Otto I'm digging the composition. I'll be curious if your red rock AO will lead you to experiment with filters--a #58 green "cutting" filter might be interesting here (and I believe John Sexton has shot a lot of work with blue filters as well.) No doubt that would lead to a lot of fine tuning with your metering/development, but that part of the world certainly lends itself to the "fine art b/w" approach.
Otherwise, as a general comment (mainly based on a previous thread;)) I think it's important to remember to take criticism with a grain of salt when it's based on Web-sized images; i.e., what might seem mundane on a laptop might have a powerful aesthetic impact as, say, a 30"x40" C-print.
Kmallick, I like this image very much. The little highlight counterpoints throughout the image are delightful. The composition is quite complex, and you have made an admirable image. I find the tonality appropriate and don;t miss a stronger contrast.
Thank you all for the kind words and critique. It makes it all worthwhile.
Unsure if this is really a rock or a tree image, but rocks win by area.
Rock shelter, Tidbinbilla.
Horseman L45
Schneider 135mm Symmar-S
Fomapan 200
Hoya Orange filter.
This was a good test for my metering, happy with the result.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...809b2d50_c.jpg
Rock shelter by J P, on Flickr
Excellent, that's a photograph that really works the boundary between "landscape" and abstract.:) If I were scrambling around on that terrain, though, I think I'd want to find a means to control the tonal values of the vegetation--darker, perhaps, here to add more of a graphic element; lighter perhaps in a close-up that leveraged upper midtones. (Oh, and you really want that 5x7...;))