Its a wide open road

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  ReginaldSMith

• Jun 14, 2018

Nice feeling here. Very gentle. If I had a tiny quibble, it would be to avoid clipping the tree on the left edge...or clip it a lot more.

 

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  awty

• Jun 14, 2018

@ReginaldSMith Ooops sorry about that, when I first printed I thought I must of clipped them out, but the leaves are just in on the neg and when I cropped the print after scanning I just cut a little too much. Good eye you have, a couple of mm sometimes makes a big difference.

 

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  ReginaldSMith

• Jun 14, 2018

Nice image either way. I've been writing a book on photography, and yesterday I wrote a lot about "not clipping fingers, elbows, feet, hands, horns of animals, ears of animals, and branches of whole trees! So, my eye was on the alert! Didn't mean to sound pedantic!

 

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  awty

• Jun 14, 2018

@ReginaldSMith I like pedantic, critiquing is always fine with my pictures. Im sloppy with my processing, too quick to move to the next picture, get it almost right and move on. Post them up to gauge peoples opinions, never ignore the viewer or blame them if they dont get the picture. Dont have to agree but everything is considered.
What type of photography book? General how to use a camera or is it more about composing.

 

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  Hekoru

• Jun 15, 2018

I like the composition, but I agree with ReginaldSMith that the tree needs a bit more space. Interesting that even though you used an orange filter, the clouds are hardly visible.

 

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  awty

• Jun 15, 2018

@Hekoru Thanks for the comment. Wanted to keep the tree as far to the side as possible to open up the picture to the emptiness, further to the right and I get the sun. I underexposed the print by 1/3 of a stop so the horizon and barbwire fence was less defined, another third and the clouds standout and it becomes a different picture......anyhow something I need to work on, maybe a wider lens.

 

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  ReginaldSMith

• Jun 15, 2018

@awty
My book is (tentatively titled) "Stop Taking Crappy Pictures...How Everyone Can Learn to Make Better Pictures". It is aimed at the millions of people making billions of photos without ever having had any exposure to the historical art-concepts that separate good pictures from bad ones. Almost no focus on cameras - - it's about "seeing" and "composition" mostly, with a little bit of tech-babble at the end.

 

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  awty

• Jun 15, 2018

Ha! good luck with that, most people I know "arent interested in any of that technical stuff"Think the way to a better picture is a better camera. Take pictures that are sharp and well exposed, but say nothing. Just have to look around here to see so few discussions on composition, its almost a dirty word. Love the working title, think you should stick with it.