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Photo posted by Nick Bristol in the Landscape gallery on 03/26/18 at 3:23 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Post last edited by Nick Bristol on 03/26/18 at 5:04 pm EST
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Comment posted by Ed McGuirk on 03/26/18 at 4:01 pm EST
Registered on 11/29/17, 19 Posts, 260 Comments
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Nick this is an interesting idea to crop this into a panoramic. I very much like the cool white balance you used, it creates some real mood in the image. I think the shapes of the trees are pretty interesting and work well together. My only nitpick is the very dark tree on the far right. It is so much darker in tonality than the other trees that it tends to draw my eye away from the rest of the scene. I would recommend dodging it to bring its tonality more in line with the other trees. I do like that tree as a framing element, so I wouldn't crop it away.
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 03/26/18 at 5:01 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Comment last edited by Nick Bristol on 03/26/18 at 5:05 pm EST
Thanks Ed! I appreciate your comment. I agree that tree on the right edge seems quite dark. I just did a bit of dodging on it and the tonality is probably a little closer in this version. Thanks for the suggestion! Nick
Click the image for larger view.
Edit: Maybe still a bit dark but I can work on that if need be.
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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on 03/26/18 at 11:59 pm EST
Registered on 10/26/09, 399 Posts, 2789 Comments
Well thats pretty fun. Nice shot!
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on 03/27/18 at 10:16 am EST
Registered on 01/23/11, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
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Nick, this does a good job of capturing the almost dawn quietness of a snowy forest. I especially like how the two twisted trunks contrast with all of the straightness. For me, subtle views like this appear only when I've spent some quiet time in one area and this captures that sense well. I could possible see cropping this on the right to put those two dark trunks at the edge of the frame.
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 03/28/18 at 11:03 am EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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Real nice scene, Nick. I like the change in the repost. It is a nice, moody image that works for me.
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Comment posted by John Williams on 03/28/18 at 1:08 pm EST
Registered on 09/06/07, 221 Posts, 5985 Comments
I hear you on being connected to the scene!
This has a lovely darkness Nick. I think I would like a crop down to use those to sinuous as edge framing. (Hopefully that made sense.)
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Comment posted by Peter Richter on 03/29/18 at 11:27 am EST
Registered on 11/10/10, 218 Posts, 2723 Comments
Comment last edited by Peter Richter on 03/29/18 at 11:28 am EST
Nick, your handling of the panorama format is again excellent to my eye! I enjoy to explore all the details, while the the repetitive pattern of the trunks makes for a firm structure in the composition to me.
I just think of brightening the prominent trunk at the right bit - even in the repost - as it makes for a rather heavy weighting of the image in my opinion. Anyway, I like your presentation of the scene a lot!
Peter
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Comment posted by Genny K. on 03/29/18 at 3:19 pm EST
Registered on 06/05/06, 132 Posts, 2001 Comments
This is cool. You don't see many panos of trees like this, and it is nice to focus on the tangle of branches and trunks. You are really good at finding incredible comps, like this. Having that dark tree on the right did not bother me, although I like the new version, too. I like the almost soft light back there in the trees. Excellent comp and processing.
I actually prefer the last image you had, I think just because there was more room, and it invited me into the image more....kinda hard to describe what I mean. I like images that make me feel as though I am right there, and that's what those last several images did. It's just harder to get that feeling with a pano, I think. This was a super series of images you had. Well done.
(Our snow looks horrible now. I took some pictures yesterday. The snow is hard and crusty and dirty from all the wind. I doubt I will get any more good images, even though we still have a foot or more of snow on the ground.)
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 03/29/18 at 7:09 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Thanks so much to all of you for taking time to comment on this one. I always look forward to hearing your thoughts and suggestions, and what a good way to keep improving.
I think I will try and lighten the darker trees on the right a little more yet and then maybe crop so they are at the edge of the frame.
Genny, Thanks, and I agree! Our snow is all gone now and we didn't get that much this year anyway. Guess I'm ready to shoot Spring now.. Cheers, Nick
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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on 03/29/18 at 10:07 pm EST
Registered on 05/28/04, 114 Posts, 2890 Comments
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This seems to convey a somber mood. I find these kind of scenes to be difficult to photograph because I struggle to find a cohesive composition. Your composition here works well. You have nice separation between the foreground and background trees which helps to give a sense of depth and it also alleviates some of the complexity of the scene.
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 03/31/18 at 12:03 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
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Thanks Brian! Appreciate getting your thoughts on this. Cheers, Nick
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on 03/31/18 at 6:16 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Nick,
Better late than never.... This has quite the mood. I would say almost creepy - in a good way, like something from a movie - Blair Witch Project, etc. Like, I wouldn't want to be there after the sun went down... 
I too like the color balance and even exposure which really enhances the mood.
Ed, maybe others mentioned the dark trunks on the right. I agree, but am of the opinion to crop them. And to match that, crop off the evergreen on the left. You've got plenty of width and the forest is still hauntingly captured. but of course it's all on how you feel about representing your image. Repost certainly improves over the original.
Lon
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 04/01/18 at 08:35 am EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
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Thanks Lon! I appreciate your comment. I really hadn't thought about that crop but I tried it and it works! ... Thank you, Nick
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