Glory Tree

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 14, 2010157 views9 comments

A couple questions with this one. 1) Could the trees on the left be cropped out a bit? 2) Did I get the sun too close to the bottom?

I'll make this disclosure about the image. I did take 3-4 other images and use the rays from them to enhance the mood. I'm sure some will frown on this.

Any nits welcome.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Doug Roane on July 14, 2010 at 12:33 PM

I have no problem with a bit of artistic license - it's not a documentary shot; but thanks for the disclosure. To answer your 2 questions, my opinion is yes, and yes. In fact I would consider cropping into a vertical 2:3, with the sun in the lower left corner.

Registered on December 12, 2008, 213 Posts, 2226 Comments

Comment posted by Marc Adamus on July 14, 2010 at 12:45 PM

The sun is a bit close to the bottom IMO. Some cropping wouldn't hurt, but I don't mind the left side as-is.

Registered on September 17, 2005, 780 Posts, 8091 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on July 14, 2010 at 1:37 PM

Very pretty Ron, and excellent for B&W. My only nit (very minor) is that I might crop a little tighter to the tree on the right side.

Registered on April 10, 2005, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments

Comment posted by Andreas Resch on July 14, 2010 at 2:22 PM

Works well for me, Ron. You can try some cropping anyway - there are enough options here.

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Comment posted by Jody Grigg on July 14, 2010 at 5:16 PM

Very dramatic the only thing I would do is crop from the left side.

Registered on February 7, 2004, 165 Posts, 1227 Comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on July 14, 2010 at 8:21 PM

I thinkk I would cropsome off the left Ron. .....but the sunstar and light rays look gorgeous to me. Thanks for the disclosure which doesn't bother me.

Registered on January 4, 2009, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on July 14, 2010 at 8:56 PM

Ron,

The composite doesn't bother me and thanks for disclosing. It's really no different than a night/star image with multiple exposures from the same camera location, but over a period of time. Anyway, the rays of light are very dynamic and this is a terrific image. I like this as presented, but I also think a crop off the left would actually increase the dynamic nature of this scene. Great work with this.

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on July 14, 2010 at 9:48 PM

Feels sort of Adamusesque to me. Very dramatic presentation. Blends are so common now that using them to enhance the photo is part of the creativity of photography. I could see cropping a bit from the left.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments

Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on July 15, 2010 at 1:42 AM

Don't think anyone will have a problem with compositing. Agree the sun is too close to the bottom but it's an excellent shot nonetheless.

Registered on September 27, 2006, 636 Posts, 10682 Comments