Winter walk.. Does this picture work??

[BKSPicture]

Have looked at this picture for some time now and have quite mixed feelings if it works or not.
It was a very quick snapshot and I missed the focus just a little.
And the person is slightly out of focus but the treebranches are.

What do you think?

 

[Rick58]

Man, My eye goes right the sun and can't move.

 

[squirrels]

Maybe crop the sun out and burn that corner just a touch? I can't tell about focus, it is a little small for that.





I like the twisty tree branches, curving path into the forest and the walker's shadow.

 

[KenC]

Yeah, mine too. If you cropped the top to remove the sun and displayed it fairly small so the softness wasn't that evident, it would be a good image.

 

[amolitor]

I think the sun balances the figure. Instead of cropping, tone the sun down and emphasize the figure for better balance.

It's still pretty busy, though.

 

[ceeboy14]

I like Amolitor's edit best, but for me, the figure ruins the shot completely...well, sorta-kinda and this is very much tongue in cheek, only for laughs and not at all meant to disparage your image. It is strictly for me to say: "what if?" Everyone does this kind of suggestive critique, I just did mine physically.

While I didn't like the figure, per se, I loved his shadow and exploited that aspect of the image.

 

[BKSPicture]

Very true that the sun takes to much attention but I was more wondering about how the focus is placed.
Have not done any editing more the adjusting the levels.

I can't tell about focus, it is a little small for that.

You get a higher res image if you click on it.
Its 675x1000 and you get quite a good feel of the image there.

 

[amolitor]

The softness of the figure doesn't bother me at all.

 

[BKSPicture]

I like Amolitor's edit best, but for me, the figure ruins the shot completely...well, sorta-kinda and this is very much tongue in cheek, only for laughs and not at all meant to disparage your image. It is strictly for me to say: "what if?" Everyone does this kind of suggestive critique, I just did mine physically.

While I didn't like the figure, per se, I loved his shadow and exploited that aspect of the image.

View attachment 39164

Well that fixes the problem that persone is not in focus
But removing something that big in a picture is not something i'm comfortable doing.
The image gets a bit closer of being digital art then a photo.
Not that its any thing wronge with that and a nice image is still a nice image no matter how its done.

But it looks like you have done a nice job cloning and I really appreciat the feedback, thanks!

 

[squirrels]

You get a higher res image if you click on it.
Its 675x1000 and you get quite a good feel of the image there.

Oops! I like their edits better than mine too!

 

[ceeboy14]

I like Amolitor's edit best, but for me, the figure ruins the shot completely...well, sorta-kinda and this is very much tongue in cheek, only for laughs and not at all meant to disparage your image. It is strictly for me to say: "what if?" Everyone does this kind of suggestive critique, I just did mine physically.

While I didn't like the figure, per se, I loved his shadow and exploited that aspect of the image.

Well that fixes the problem that persone is not in focus
But removing something that big in a picture is not something i'm comfortable doing.
The image gets a bit closer of being digital art then a photo.
Not that its any thing wronge with that and a nice image is still a nice image no matter how its done.

But it looks like you have done a nice job cloning and I really appreciat the feedback, thanks!

I agree that it is a very unnatural look and far more graphic than photographic. For me, it was just a fun image to play with and I generally can only play with images already in a good place. Your original just needs a little more work.