Miracle of Life

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted December 4, 2009496 views3 comments

Hello,

Last Summer this place faced a huge fire, trees were burned down and i don't know if you remember one post of mine regarding that fire but is the link to it.

http://www.naturephotographers.net/imagecritique/ic.cgi?a=vp&pr=128525&CGISESSID=ad505329c78c8febb35e0415dfe8f6cb&u=6733

Today i returned there to see how was the scenery and i was glad to see that below of all dark new life is emerging.

5D2
16 35L
3 stops ND
2 1/2 stops NDG
5 min at f18 Iso50

View larger also.
Regards
Paulo A.Lopes

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Basil Greber on December 6, 2009 at 3:32 PM

I like what you're trying to show, and the photograph is very impressing visually. However, there are two things where this could be improved, IMO: First, I think the composition is a bit out of balance due to the large, dark, negative space at the top, and the bright tree trunks at the bottom. So, maybe cropping off a bit at the top, or a different framing with the camera tilted downwards a bit could improve this. And then, the new life isn't really all that apparent from the image. Maybe this is supposed to be this way. Otherwise, you may try adding some saturation e.g. to the greens to make the new plants a bit more easily visible.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 8, 2009 at 4:02 AM

Very dramatic scene that you have captured well. The darkness of the fire devastation contrasts well with the green noew life emerging.
Congrats on the EP!

Sandy r

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on December 8, 2009 at 9:50 PM

It is amazing how Nature can recover sometimes. I like the dark, moody feel of this shot. Congrats on the EP!

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