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Photo posted by Nick Bristol in the Landscape gallery on 03/22/18 at 4:34 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Post last edited by Nick Bristol on 03/23/18 at 10:08 am EST
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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on 03/22/18 at 4:55 pm EST
Registered on 04/01/10, 196 Posts, 1592 Comments
Comment last edited by Doug Koepsel on 03/22/18 at 4:57 pm EST
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NIck, I like the whiter snow-covered boughs arcing across the upper middle. I wonder about an alternative crop off the bottom above the lower set of boughs to make this more horizontal to match/accentuate the horizontal upper boughs.
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Comment posted by Ed McGuirk on 03/22/18 at 5:50 pm EST
Registered on 11/29/17, 19 Posts, 260 Comments
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Nick I really like your B&W processing, the level of contrast is spot on, and you've retained nice shadow detail. The image has a great winter feeling to it. I sort of agree with Doug about the composition, the top half of the image is much more interesting to me than the bottom half. The snow cover leaves at the top are so strong an element, that I could even see a panoramic crop working here, using just the top 40% or so of the image.
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 03/22/18 at 7:08 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Comment last edited by Nick Bristol on 03/23/18 at 12:06 pm EST
Thanks Doug and Ed! I think your crop suggestion could work and here is a version with that done. Appreciate your comments guys!
Nick
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 03/23/18 at 09:08 am EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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Another nice winter scene, Nick. For my tastes, the cropped version takes it too far. I think i would prefer a crop of maybe 1/3 (or slightly less) of the area between the bottom and the upper leaves. I think the horizontal branches below the leaves add a great deal to the scene. It is a fun image to play with, however you crop it.
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 03/23/18 at 09:23 am EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Thanks Harley! I agree and think I took the crop to far. I'll work on it a little more as I get a little time. Pretty busy with some deadlines the next couple of days... Nick
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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on 03/23/18 at 11:07 am EST
Registered on 02/07/04, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments
I actually prefer the original post, Nick. The scene contains so many amazing details and textures to savor and enjoy that I do not want to lose them with a crop. I also think the vertical lines of the tree trunks works beautifully with the horizontal format. Great eye to isolate this winter woodland scene.
Ed
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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on 03/23/18 at 11:33 am EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
Nick, while the pano crop zeroes in on the nice snow covered leaves, I prefer the original composition. The original has an openness and details that speak well of the mood and the day. The processing is right on. Well seen, and nicely done!
--P
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Preston Birdwell
Columbia, California, USA
NPN 429 | California Nature Photographers (CANP) Moderator | 'NPN Discussion' Moderator
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on 03/23/18 at 12:48 pm EST
Registered on 01/23/11, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Comment last edited by Mark Seaver on 03/23/18 at 12:49 pm EST
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Nick, this is a great look at a snowy forest. That set of horizontal, snow covered leaves near the top contrast very nicely with all the dark vertical trunks. I can see the attraction to the focused view in the cropped version, but I do like the space and the "whole forest" view in the original post.
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Mark Seaver
Burtonsville, MD & Emigrant, MT
seaverphotos.com
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Comment posted by Peter Richter on 03/24/18 at 01:56 am EST
Registered on 11/10/10, 218 Posts, 2723 Comments
This is a wonderful image to me, Nick I would not crop anything, it gives me a very nice natural feel of this wintry scene. Your processing is spot on to my eye, I especially like the tonality and details in the barks.
Peter
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 03/24/18 at 08:26 am EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
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Thanks guys! I really do appreciate all the comments and suggestions. I do like the uncropped version much better myself but can see why cropping it would come up when looking at it. Thanks so much! Nick
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Comment posted by Genny K. on 03/25/18 at 8:49 pm EST
Registered on 06/05/06, 132 Posts, 2001 Comments
I would have called this, "Dream World". Such a great combo of sharp and soft, and bright against dark. You have a real knack of getting really good comps of these snowy trees.
I prefer the original post. For me, that canopy branches at the top sort of frames the distant trunks in the middle of the image.
Well done!
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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on 03/28/18 at 3:26 pm EST
Registered on 02/25/06, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments
Nick, I'll go with the original here on this scene, it's a killer........
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Paul Breitkreuz
Corona, California
Trailimages.com
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 03/28/18 at 4:48 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
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Genny and Paul, Thanks much for your thoughts on this. I agree and like the original much better. Nick
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