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Hot Enough?

by Peter Cross

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 16, 2014421 views5 comments
Not a classic landscape but I thought this was an interesting image from my local nature area. I was out early yesterday and came upon this scene soon after sunrise. To me it looked like there was a fire and not too distant. The rising sun certainly looked like a fire (or maybe an alien landing site). I like the intensity of the colors and all of the little points of light poking through the vegetation. I didn't do much to the photo except bring back the highlights a bit, added a little saturation, a little more contrast, and tweaking the blacks and shadows. Everything mostly small. This is full frame but I'm curious if others might have composed this differently with a tighter crop or shot the scene wider? Comments and critiques are welcome.

Tech Info

Canon EOS 60D with EF 70-200mm f/4L at 200mm
1/250th at f/4.0 and OSO 1600
tripod
Lightroom 5

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Navin Sarma on March 16, 2014 at 2:17 AM
Non traditional for sure. At first I didn't like the oof foreground but it does add a bit of context for me. If it were in focus it might even be distracting. I would be curious about a crop without it. Overall to me it's a successful try at something different. Nice work Peter
Registered on July 17, 2011, 233 Posts, 1373 Comments
Comment posted by Harley Goldman on March 16, 2014 at 8:41 AM
I am liking this one. The shallow DOF works for me and the bright area almost looks like a window to another world. Well done.
Registered on November 19, 2003, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Reed on March 16, 2014 at 9:28 AM
Where's that morning deer when you need it...LOL ...fantastic light in the trees. :toast:
Registered on September 19, 2009, 198 Posts, 1074 Comments
Comment posted by Louis Pattis on March 16, 2014 at 10:40 AM
Go towards the light, but don't hit your head in the process. Out of the box, can be refreshing and something in this image, is speaking to me.
Registered on March 30, 2012, 0 Posts, 164 Comments
Comment posted by Stan Rose on March 18, 2014 at 9:48 PM
Yes, this is different and i like different when it works, and for the most part this does. I think i would have preferred more focus in the fg--soft aint necessarily bad as a counterpoint, but here the OOF is not that appealing for me--either the subject, quality of blur, or amount of it...one of those things :wink: I really like a crop tho! :argue:
Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments