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From the forest BW
#1

Try a bit my composition in some scenes in the forest. I took them a bit overexposed to work a BW version of the pictures.
I've been working with my (24-105mm) I always find difficult to come back to this lens after taking macros for so long....

Any advice is very much appreciated.... Smile

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[Image: IMG_6932-Edit.jpg]


#2
[Image: IMG_7066-Edit.jpg]

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
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#2

The second photo is stunning Irma. Perhaps the colour version is also quite beautiful.

Canon stuff.
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#3

no 2 is for sure a keeper!
no 1 for my taste seems to tilt towards the back a little too much, I would work on the perspective. and I think I would crop the dark off the bottom.

nice!!
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#4

#2 is exceptional - I would consider taking just a bit off the top to see if you can minimize the white space...because with the sky bleached, the reflection doesn't quite match.
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#5

Thanks for your comments and advice ... Smile

Chris, the color version is not so beautiful, the color of the reflection is kind of green, I had to burn and dodge it to give a good contrast there. The same I had to do in the foliage in the foreground to give some attraction there... Smile

Uli, I think the bottom of the picture is needed to have some foreground before the logs, that is why I took it this way. My composition was the diagonal of the dead trees and the straight line of the living tree... Perhaps the composition works better in a landscape format, or maybe the subjects and lines are not strong enough.... Smile

Toad, Unfortunatelly I couldn't make my sky a bit darker, and give texture. I had more sky and the continuation of the cloud you see in the left of the reflection....
Here is the cropped version...

[Image: IMG_7066-Editcrop.jpg]

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
Paul Cezanne
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#6

The sky is a little pale. You need darker blacks.

Nikon D3100 with Tokina 28-70mm f3.5, (I like to use a Vivitar .43x aux on the 28-70mm Tokina), Nikkor 10.5 mm fisheye, Quanteray 70-300mm f4.5, ProOptic 500 mm f6.3 mirror lens. http://donschaefferphoto.blogspot.com/
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#7

Thanks Don, for your advice.
I have to try again, maybe my picture wasn't propperly exposed to have the right colors in the sky.

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
Paul Cezanne
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