Flood Gate

[stockdogtta]

Out shooting near the house before the rain came a few days ago.

 

[Steve Reddin]

Hi,

What settings did you take this on, there seems to be a lot of noise, particularly within the foliage and I don't think it adds to the image.

I'd crop the dark tree on the left out, it might make for a stronger composition.

Steve

 

[LaFoto]

Noise? Or over-sharpened?
Whatever ... there's something peculiar going on with the foliage. It is too green, too sharp, looks like a pencil-drawing. If you wanted to achieve just this, here's to you. I find it irritating and distracting from what generally looks like a nice photo.

Steve's cropping idea seems to be a good one...

 

[stockdogtta]

Thanks for the comments..I was trying the Orton Effect on this pic.