Ironwood 2 edited

My only wish would be for a little more room all the way around. I'd love to see a bit more of the layered clouds in the bg and some breathing room so the top and left hand branches weren't touching the frame. Beautiful colors. the pink blossoms go particularly well with the soft grey sky. A very nice image.

I like all the gnarly shapes and the subtle colors of the bloom in the tree, I think you captured that well. I agree that the image could use a bit more space and it would have been nice if those darker clouds had been above the tree - the washed out white is a bit distacting.

The subject is interesting and I like how you composed it. I find the light in the upper right pulls me out of the frame though. I'd work to see if that could be darkened down some. Not sure what's on the RAW file that might be recoverable. Also, I could see adding some saturation to the reds to make the blossoms a stronger focal point.

Very nice Eirini, I like the subtle pink color with the muted landscape. The blown highlights in the URC are distracting, I think I would be tempted to crop off the right 1/4 of the image so the eye focuses on the tree and the road.

I was able to recover the highlights, not sure if that helps or not!

Here is a cropped version. BTW, it is not a road but a wash! I am not sure why, but when I post photographs on this site in general the colors go flat.

I like the subject and how you composed it. The blown highlights in the upper corner are a bit distracting to me. The repost (2nd version) is an imrovment.

The first repost is a big improvement. Looks nice!

I guess you know more about landscapes than you think.

Eirini,

I think this last repost is the winner. The first is nice, but a bit static and kind of ordinary - What I mean is more documentary. The last version is with purpose, if that makes sense. I know what the photograph is about more in the cropped version. I like the subtle colors too. Thanks for the repost.

Lon

First repost has my vote. The a significant recovery.