Impressionistic Country Road

PixelRabbit · Dec 20, 2012

Here are my two best shots from an evening drive yesterday.

I'm pretty happy with the colours in both, normally with these shots it is a battle against muddy colours.

In the first one I wish there was a little more texture especially in the light grey trees around the vanishing point.
I sat on posting these two because of the first one, it is almost too "smooth" but looking again this morning there is still something appealing in it to me. In the second I'm iffy about the tuft of grass bottom right.

Would love to hear your thoughts, thanks for taking a look!

invisible · Dec 20, 2012

Cool exercise. Number 1 I find too "nervous", almost jarring. Number 2 on the other hand I can dig.

Demers18 · Dec 20, 2012

PixelRabbit said:
Here are my two best shots from an evening drive yesterday.

I'm pretty happy with the colours in both, normally with these shots it is a battle against muddy colours.

In the first one I wish there was a little more texture especially in the light grey trees around the vanishing point.
I sat on posting these two because of the first one, it is almost too "smooth" but looking again this morning there is still something appealing in it to me. In the second I'm iffy about the tuft of grass bottom right.

Would love to hear your thoughts, thanks for taking a look!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/judi_smelko/8290102950/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/judi_smelko/8290568997/

I would agree with the colours in both being really nice. I also like the composition. I'm just not sure that the "effect" is doing it for me.

1) I find it too blurry and wishing there was more detail or for the the blurryness to be softer.

2) I really like the composition in this one. The colours are great and I like the way the road leads your eye through the frame. I would much rather see this one with out any blur or with slightly more. As it is I find that it simply looks like an OOF photo.

spang1mw · Dec 20, 2012

#1 Is too much for me but #2 on the other hand is wonderfully done...I find it really peaceful to look at!

Mully · Dec 20, 2012

You are on to something with this location and technique .... keep experimenting .....I see great things in the works

Frequency · Dec 20, 2012

I am a great admirer of Clode Monet; so i love these images very much

PixelRabbit · Dec 20, 2012

Thanks for your thoughts everyone

I continue to work on refining these shots so your thoughts and suggestions are greatly appreciated!

bazooka · Dec 20, 2012

I think they are well done!

KenC · Dec 20, 2012

I like both, but think #2 could be better with a little less foreground.

mishele · Dec 20, 2012

Yep, #2 for me too. Agree w/ Ken on the foreground.

PixelRabbit · Dec 20, 2012

Thanks Bazooka, Ken and Mishele

Good point about the crop, scrolling the image in the OP so it's cropped at the bottom of the tuft of grass that was bothering me grounds it a bit and makes it less of an issue, thanks you two!