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It's log, it's log, it's big, it's heavy, it's wood.
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<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 172034" data-attributes="member: 13196"><p>Hi Knawx. Since I don't do HDR, I will comment on the composition itself. As Rick M stated, I too would have preferred a little more detail in the log as well as in the photo overall. I'm not sure why you shot at f/4, but my preference would have been to use a smaller aperture: the reason being the sun looks like it is starting to form a starburst from the aperture blades, and a smaller aperture would have pronounced that quite a bit more. Plus a smaller aperture would have offered more crispness in detail--both in the log as well as in the individual blades of grass, weeds, rocks, and distance. </p><p></p><p>Perhaps if you stood a few steps to your left and allowed the log to enter the photo from the bottom left corner of the frame on more of a diagonal, it would add a more dramatic leading line into the photo. Plus, I'm wondering if it would have moved the uppermost 'fingers' of the branches (for lack of a better term...the upper right branches that are reaching for the sky) away from the hill that is directly behind those branches. Do you see that open space on the right where the hill drops down closer to the water? I'd like to see the branches that are reaching upwards positioned there so they'd have the sky behind them rather than any land. Maybe if you took a few steps to the left and got even lower to the ground than you already were, it would change the perspective enough to allow the branches to have only the sky behind them without any of the hill, and it would also move the horizon line to a different position within the frame so it's not so close to the center. </p><p></p><p>I have a question for you...since I don't do HDR and don't know if or how it changes the colors from the original photo, I'm just wondering if the log was some type of drift wood. Do you know? It's not important...I just like drift wood. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hark, post: 172034, member: 13196"] Hi Knawx. Since I don't do HDR, I will comment on the composition itself. As Rick M stated, I too would have preferred a little more detail in the log as well as in the photo overall. I'm not sure why you shot at f/4, but my preference would have been to use a smaller aperture: the reason being the sun looks like it is starting to form a starburst from the aperture blades, and a smaller aperture would have pronounced that quite a bit more. Plus a smaller aperture would have offered more crispness in detail--both in the log as well as in the individual blades of grass, weeds, rocks, and distance. Perhaps if you stood a few steps to your left and allowed the log to enter the photo from the bottom left corner of the frame on more of a diagonal, it would add a more dramatic leading line into the photo. Plus, I'm wondering if it would have moved the uppermost 'fingers' of the branches (for lack of a better term...the upper right branches that are reaching for the sky) away from the hill that is directly behind those branches. Do you see that open space on the right where the hill drops down closer to the water? I'd like to see the branches that are reaching upwards positioned there so they'd have the sky behind them rather than any land. Maybe if you took a few steps to the left and got even lower to the ground than you already were, it would change the perspective enough to allow the branches to have only the sky behind them without any of the hill, and it would also move the horizon line to a different position within the frame so it's not so close to the center. I have a question for you...since I don't do HDR and don't know if or how it changes the colors from the original photo, I'm just wondering if the log was some type of drift wood. Do you know? It's not important...I just like drift wood. :) [/QUOTE]
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