C&C Fall Leaves

[Tkot]

What do you think?

 

[Designer]

IMO, you have a fairly interesting shot of a woodland path with stones and leaves in the foreground. This unfortunately has no obvious subject, or focus of attention.

Sometimes to capture a feeling, you should avoid ambiguity and get either the path or the leaves. Trying to get both has not done you any favors.

 

[tirediron]

I think there was potential here, but I think you just missed it. The path makes a great set of leading lines. Unfortunately, they lead your eye right through and out the back of the picture. If you' moved the path slightly to the left in the frame and had say, a small child bending over to pick up a leaf, you would have a great shot.

 

[Frequency]

Sorry; i too agree with the feelings above; a great place to shoot; yet your camera was missing the lifeline of the place..... do you have other images from the same spot?
Regards

 

[HughGuessWho105 20]

I agree with tirediron. The path should have been your subject. Then your would have a very nice composition. Otherwise. I like the perspective and the low angle.

Keep shootin'

 

[Tkot]

Thanks for the critiques! Here are a couple other shots from the same trip. Wasn't quite satisfied with them for several reasons (blown out sky in #1, blown out rocks in #2, less interesting colors in both) but I'd still be interested to know what other people think! Also, just for those who are interested, these were taken at Big Woods State Park outside of Nerstrand, MN.

#1

#2

 

[Frequency]

The new #1 is very colorful and interesting; please keep it up

 

[Designer]

Your second post is much better! Now there is a subject; the footstones, and you have made a very nice composition with interesting line, weight, color, balance, and proportion. That shot is very good, and I hope you decide to hang it on the wall.

 

[Tkot]

Thanks for the comments, I really appreciate them! It's so typical that the shots I didn't like are the ones everyone else thinks are great! The artist is never satisfied with their own work!

It seems to me that the general consensus is that my first shot lacked a clearly defined subject. What I was trying to capture was the contrast of the leaves against the green moss on the rocks. I suppose having the path cutting through the image would distract from the leaves and moss - at the time I was trying to get some contrasting foreground and background interest and thought of using the path to connect the two. I guess I should have recomposed to either exclude the path or incorporate it more clearly somehow. Bummer!