Spotlight on Failure & Harsh Reality

[abraxas]

 

[The Phototron]

Okay, first off I think you did a really good job of finding all these spots to photograph and the right time as well. And you capture them with every evidence of composition skill. The title makes sense, a ray of light is directed specificly on the tree, but I think allusions to the source of light should be hidden: the top part of the photo. That way the light behave more like a spotlight. Also the other trees in the photo really distracts the solid texture of the rocks.

 

[Miaow]

Very nice :thumbup:

I like the tress in the 3rd one - sorta looks a bit like an archway leading to the gap between the rocks

 

[The Phototron]

The last two just sort of blow my mind! The color in number 2 has a distinct quality.

 

[ShaCow]

very nice, i like the second one most.. very interesting foreground

 

[abraxas]

Thanks Phototron, Miaow and ShaCow.

I'm not jazzed about the first either. I went around with it a bit and should have probably chose a different shot to post. I was going for a light composition but the light I had on a partial bush the bottom left was just distracting without showing the entire bush. It was the last shot of the morning and I should have spent the extra thirty seconds to compose properly. As it turned out I cropped out the bush and ended up with the semi-dead-toned version you see here. ihh..

The second shot I like the most of the three. There's some kind of triangle thing going on that had a good feel to it when I walked up on it.

 

[nossie]

uuuh second one I didn't like coz it's got a green cast to it on the rocks.

 

[RKW3]

I like number one, it's easy on the eyes.

 

[abraxas]

Thanks rkws and nossie. Tweaking the white balance seemed to get rid of the green cast.

 

[cameramike]

third one by far is my favorite, amazing composition and just the way there are "lines" and then curves gives me a good idea of perspective

 

[anuragbhateja]

i like 3rd one the most

 

[abraxas]

Thanks cameramike, anuragbhateja, rhammitt.


How weird- I wasn't really happy with changing the white balance on the second shot although it did blow off the -green cast-

So I went back to check the location to see if I could figure out why the cast was there and not throughout the shot. Sure enough, the rocks were slightly green from the lichen.

 

[Chiller]

Diggin these. Ya got some pretty cool lighting. I gotta go with the 3rd as my fave. Well done man.

 

[NJMAN]

I agree. Great job on the series. Im going to go with #2 as my favorite. Keep up the awesome work!

NJ​

 

[abraxas]

Thank you Chiller & NJMAN- very appreciated.