Thanks for all the feedback. In truth, I was playing with masks in lightroom, which I knew nothing about until we had a session on it at my camera club last night.
The photo will not be one going in my 'collection', but I thought the difference was worth showing.
Alan
Spiderman
Good viewpoint. The red elements add interest.
Those random takes make a puzzle. Lines and colours in first and varied textures in second create great interest.
To me this shot is really outstanding. You have absolutely captured the essence of a mountain hideaway with brilliant light to assist you.
The rest are great too.
a & b are great, but c is my fave, by far. It totally captures the immense beauty of the trees. Excellent.
It's all about shadows, lines, angles and various details which generate interest in the shot.
While walking I noticed this scene:
I like the third photo best.
With vibrant colors and light that makes the leaves glow.
Just how you imagine a beautiful autumn day.
Very well seen and captured.
I like this one because of the tonal balance and especially because of the "swirls" around that one bright leaf in the middle ...almost as if you had shot with a Helios 44-2 or a Petzval, kinda ...
Spidermen?
Rich
All those sheets are sails.
in shot three, the red leaves look to be slightly sharper. This can be an illusion caused by greater contrast. I like the balance of light to dark backgrounds best in 2. I'm a long way from being able to answer minniev's question. Like Arvo, I'd want to do a lot of experimenting and comparison of crops.
I discovered that those images are very display-sensitive - on calibrated screen they all look really good, almost ethereal.
My initial impression was based on 'normal' office monitor rendering, sorry :(
Yes. The viewpoint with the corner of the building creating a diamond form of the structure, lifts everything. The height and angle let us look into the structures as well.
We are off to a good start and I think we will see more from this site as the building rises.
Nice title too.
I don't like white or colored vignettes. Sometimes I'll add a dark vignette if I think it helps move the eye to a subject but when I do this I use so little that I hope the viewer isn't aware that a vignette has been used. In a nutshell, I much prefer the first.
Here the horses feel like the subject. Would you consider making them more prominent by cropping nearly 1/3 off the bottom? Looking at this large on my screen with a slice taken off the bottom, the snow is still clearly seen and the horses have a stronger presence.
