Winter Walk

PJM · Jan 5, 2020

Critique appreciated.

Boardwalk-1 by Peter Martin, on Flickr

otherprof · Jan 5, 2020

PJM said:
Critique appreciated.

Boardwalk-1 by Peter Martin, on Flickr

Nice shot! Would you consider cropping below the light sneaking around the tree on the top right?

PJM · Jan 5, 2020

otherprof said:
Nice shot! Would you consider cropping below the light sneaking around the tree on the top right?

Yep. Much better. Thanks for the suggestion.

Boardwalk Croopped-1 by Peter Martin, on Flickr

Jeff15 · Jan 5, 2020

Nice one......

K9Kirk · Jan 6, 2020

Nice pic!

SquarePeg · Jan 6, 2020

I wouldn’t crop it but I would burn that hot spot down just a bit. The tall framing works better with the tall trees. I really like this. Plum island or Parker river maybe?

Grandpa Ron · Jan 6, 2020

Very nice.

PJM · Jan 7, 2020

Jeff15 said:
Nice one......

K9Kirk said:
Nice pic!

Grandpa Ron said:
Very nice.

Thanks everyone, I appreciate the comments.

smoke665 · Jan 7, 2020

Very nice. Like the comment above I probably would have burned down the light spot at the top. The aspect ratio of the first made for a better composition IMO, but either way it's still good.

PJM · Jan 7, 2020

SquarePeg said:
I wouldn’t crop it but I would burn that hot spot down just a bit. The tall framing works better with the tall trees. I really like this. Plum island or Parker river maybe?

Thanks for the suggestion. I will go back and try that too.

This was taken at Batchelder Park in Amesbury on a trail that goes along Lake Gardner. I was scouting out a location from which to get some full moon shots later this week. I have this idea of trying to catch the moon rising over the Isle of Shoals. The park has a hill that looks out over Seabrook and the islands (found thanks to PhotoPills) so I decided to hike on up it to check it out. If things work out as expected I'll post the shots.

PJM · Jan 7, 2020

smoke665 said:
Very nice. Like the comment above I probably would have burned down the light spot at the top. The aspect ratio of the first made for a better composition IMO, but either way it's still good.

Not sure why I didn't think of that. But I will go back and try it.
Thanks for commenting.

PJM · Jan 7, 2020

This burning stuff is definitely not my strong point. I tried several different methods before coming up with something I thought was OK. In Lightroom Classic used a brush with a range mask to finally get this. Affected area seems a little blurry. Better ideas welcome.

Boardwalk Burnt-1 by Peter Martin, on Flickr