"Out on a Limb" or "How I Learned to Reach Out and Not Care"

[AgentDrex]

Here is a photo from yesterday afternoon during my lunch hour:

 

[hartz]

I think it is one of those things which caught your eye, looked good when you were there, but not so good as a photo. I am going to be harsh and say it is boring. Others will disagree. I may be punished

 

[AgentDrex]

No you won't be punished.....severely
Thank you for the comment...I can definitely see how it could be boring...just a limb....everything is green (maybe a little too yellow on top of the green)...but you are right...it looked good when I was there...

 

[edouble]

The texture and details in the branch is good. I do have to agree that overall this is not an interesting photo.

If a closer crop on one of the leafs exposed for texture using the ambient light was taken this capture might have been better.

 

[AgentDrex]

Maybe something like this:

 

[sobolik]

I think a radical angle crop might work. Angle the stem top left to bottom right.

 

[AgentDrex]

Here's an angle version:

 

[Mustlovedragons]

The last two work much better than the first, with the second being best.

 

[AgentDrex]

I still think though that the first one would be the best used in publication applications...

 

[BuS_RiDeR]

I much prefer the crop and the angle.

What if you cropped the bottom off the first one... Kinda like...

 

[AgentDrex]

Here's something to chew on for shooting photos that may be used in magazines or other printed media...:

Scott S. On location in Mesa Arizona | ACME Photography