A Shot from the Golf Course

[Mithlondor]

That line coming into the picture from the right seems to be an artifact from the scanner.

 

[LaFoto]

The sky wasn't "working" to your advantage on that day, now was it?
It was bright but cloud covered, I assume ... but one can only assume since there is NOTHING left in your photo in the place of the sky. And that is what bugs me a bit.
Is your negative all black there? Nothing to be rescued in a different kind of developing process (thin ice for me here, I know next to nothing about darkroom work, so I better stay quiet and hide my total ignorance).

I'm not sure I am overly happy with your composition here, either, the horizon line looks quite centred to me. Pointing the camera down more to exclude more of that bland, non-descript sky, get better exposure readings for the ground and create a more pleasing composition might have helped.

Sorry to be so open in "just" Landscape and Nature, this is not Photo Critique in particular, but I feel like we should also speak our mind in the Gallery Forums, shouldn't we?

 

[Mithlondor]

By all means LaFoto go ahead!

Main reason Im posting these is to improve. I really do appreciate the input.

 

[Mithlondor]

Sorry bout the double post but a few things:

As far as the sky goes, you nailed it, overcast but still bright day, gave me fits but I went ahead and shot anyways. I am fairly new to B+W photography, and overexposed sky is a recurring problem for me, it seems like that happens a lot easier than in color.

For the composition, the IDEA was to have a relatively symmetric picture with most of the lines pointing to the actual subject, the tree in the front (although the cart path definitely disrupts that). I was hoping it would stand out as offset. How well that worked out...you be the judge.