Bare Again
by katlyn

Comment by karmat:
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karmat

Compositionally, nothing grabs me about this shot. Of course, there is nothing that jumps out as "incorrect" either. I like how it fills the frame and the low perspective adds a lot of interest to the shot.

Technically, if you weren't using a tripod, a smaller aperture number and faster shutter speed may have made the focus a little sharper. If you had a tripod, I would have tried a larger aperture number and slower shutter speed. I have found that when I try to speed up my shutter speed by lower the f-stop number, I get a less than focused look. Not exactly out of focus, and not exactly grainy, but not as rich and "smooth" as it could be. This is what I see in your picture. It is not "unfocused," but I do think it could look sharper/richer. The other thing I've found that does it on my pictures is when it is underexposed (most of the time) and I try to lighten it in post processing.

I think it meets the challenge in at least one obvious way (the leaves falling exposing the limbs) and one not as obvious (the chlorophyll is no longer produced revealing the other colors in the leaves.

Best to you in the future challenges.

karmat

PS -- I like the saturation of the leaves, but they don't look as sharp as they are because the blurrier ones in the distance muddle the closer, sharper ones.

Bare Again
by katlyn

Comment by Imagineer:
This looks very surreal - as if it has been effected in some way. There appears to be some weird 'seams' in the image. It's quite distracting and I actually find this difficult to comment on - sorry. It's a pleasant composition abd I like the idea though.

Bare Again
by katlyn

Comment by jmsetzler:
Beautiful old tree... the red seems a tad oversaturated here... not sure why.

Bare Again
by katlyn

Comment by Neuferland:
I had this same idea but decided to go with something else. It is that time of year when the trees go naked again, get exposed for the winter per say. So naturally I love the idea but the shot leaves me wanting. It's very busy, jumbled and hard to pinpoint on any one area. The focus is also wanting throughout the shot, maybe if you had stepped back just a bit and worked with the entire tree depending on it's surroundings. The lighting is good, not to bright, not too dark. I'm starting at a 5 with this one but I'll be back to look again.

Bare Again
by katlyn

Comment by jonpink:
Good Points:Like the low angle and viewpoint
Bad Points:quite a dull subject -tree. Not so fitting for the challenge really as trees are not that often hidden.
Score:3

A Days Work
by katlyn

Comment by dr rick:
Blurry and noisy. But the composition is great; the diagonal lines and bright contrast make this photo very dynamic.

A Days Work
by katlyn

Comment by dacrazyrn:
A great attempt. You got it framed. the problem with moving things is they like to get out of the focus range fast. Expecially an airplane. That is what this photo suffers from. It is soft on focus from just getting out of the DOF when locked on. Maybe a faster shutter speed would of helped?

A Days Work
by katlyn

Comment by Dave Gordon:
Nice tight shot, clean composition. A little more breathing room in front might give more of a sense of movement.

A Days Work
by katlyn

Comment by xhoss:
good contrasting colors. i think that i would like to see some more negative space on the left to "lead" the object, a little too centered IMO. Also it looks a little on the grainy side, did you resize or use digital zoom?

A Days Work
by katlyn

Comment by kiwiness:
The yellow and blue work well together. The quality of the photo has been degraded excessively, most probably through saving for the web.