Climbing - with a view

[asherexplore]

ok so i am totally a sucker for shooting really close up on climbing photos.
i just like it better.. i think its more interesting..the movement..
but i catch some crap over it too.. so i've worked some on a few wider shots.and here are two of my favs.. what do ya'll think?

(1)

(2)

 

[lifeafter2am]

There are great colors, but I think the climbers get lost in the scenery. I like the close up ones much better!

 

[spiffybeth]

i agree with the above.

and if the second picture had been taken with a clear blue sky like the first picture, the colors would be stunning!

 

[azruial]

It definitely takes more work to make the climbers sand out when you are taking the wide shots, maybe try going more mid-range than this and try to make the climbers more prominent in any way you can think of.

 

[Spidy]

These are nice shots too, but I like the close ups better.

 

[asherexplore]

yea, i understand.
i think about selective color on both of these.
i've done them that way before just so that the climbers stand out more.
oh well.. thanks for the opinions

 

[LaFoto]

Took me a while to really see the CLIMBER in the first, I was soooo taken in by the blue of the sky and the light brown of the leaves, I could hardly force my eyes to look a the rock face at all.

The second is nice, but it is very obvious he isn't awfully high up as yet, and I do mind that mat/rug/thingy on the ground, I find that the most distracting (more so than the amount of wood around him).