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Photo posted by Lon Overacker in the Landscape gallery on 01/08/18 at 1:07 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
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To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 01/08/18 at 1:25 pm EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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Real nice, Lon! You do have an eye for grasses and trees. You sure do them extremely well.
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on 01/08/18 at 4:11 pm EST
Registered on 01/23/11, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
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Looks like amber got frosted a bit, Lon. This would be a fun view of these grasses without the frost, but the frost adds some fine contrast that lets the seed heads stand out well. The curved stems add a good sense of the wind blowing (even if it wasn't). You can stack views like this with some motion, but the "clean up" of the stacked view becomes very long and tedious.
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Mark Seaver
Burtonsville, MD & Emigrant, MT
seaverphotos.com
Weekly Challenge Moderator
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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 01/09/18 at 12:04 am EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
Comment last edited by Igor Doncov on 01/09/18 at 02:10 am EST
The lacy design of repeated arcs of grass ends makes for a very appealing composition. This is mostly true of the upper image. A crop of the upper 2/3rds is what I would go for. When you include the lower stalks it becomes more about the plants and the comp starts to look crowded. Even though the lower stalks are covered with frost I would burn the white group on the right and add warm colors to it. My reasoning is that this is about the lace and the stalks are providing a supporting role. At the bottom they start to dominate and I would work against that. Just my opinion of course (your mileage may vary).
PS. It's been 3 hours now and I'm having 2nd thoughts about my statements. Sorry for appearing wishy washy but I'm like that with my own work as well.
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"If you want to make more interesting pictures, become a more interesting person" - Jay Maisel. |
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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on 01/09/18 at 10:40 am EST
Registered on 09/17/10, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments
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The mix of frosted grain is a nice contrast with the yellows. The intimate view is fine as presented. Leafy images, flowers or grains for that matter can work can work with focal stacking. Just use a fast enough shutter speed so they don't blur. It may take a bit of manual work with layers, but there is some flexibility with leaves and such that you can creatively blend together and have it look very natural. The problem come if there are large spaces between the flower stalks or similar. With dense patches, it is much easier.
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Comment posted by Silvia Richter on 01/09/18 at 1:27 pm EST
Registered on 02/27/11, 18 Posts, 167 Comments
Really nice work for me, Lon. The diagonals, curves and subtle details of the frost make for an appealing composition that I enjoy a lot.
I am just drawn to suggest a crop from the top with the kind of "empty space" in the upper right corner. Thereby the delicate patterns would fill in the frame more homogeneously I think. Only a matter of personal taste of course.
Thanks for sharing this beautiful intimate scene.
Silvia
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Silvia Richter
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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on 01/09/18 at 8:41 pm EST
Registered on 12/10/15, 104 Posts, 1112 Comments
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Beautiful crafted, Lon. You are a king of these intimate scenes. Reminds me of a bamboo forest. Wonderful subtle tones and great textures.
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Dave Dillemuth
Santa Barbara, California
davedillemuthphotography.smugmug.com
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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on 01/10/18 at 2:14 pm EST
Registered on 02/07/04, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments
The details really shine when opening up the large view, Lon. The graceful sweep of the grasses is very appealing as is the coating of frost. The earth tones impart a nice sense of harmony to this intimate landscape . My only suggestion; just my personal preference; would be a small crop from the top to eliminate the couple of bare areas in the UL and URC. Either way great eye to spot this beauty.
Ed
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