Desolate Times
by Polar7

Comment by P-A-U-L:
Oops I assume you didn't want this photo on its side. It may have worked better in black and white.

Desolate Times
by Polar7

Comment by Neat:
I̢۪m not sure why you didn̢۪t shoot this in landscape mode or even rotate it maybe the site cancel can rotate it for you.

Anyway to be brutally honest there doesn̢۪t really seem to be a focal point. The chair in the foreground doesn̢۪t really add to the image, and the homes in the background lack appeal. I realise maybe you are in lockdown, but I̢۪m pretty sure you could̢۪ve come up with something better :-)

Desolate Times
by Polar7

Comment by C_Steve_G:
Unfortunate that the image wasn't rotated before submission. The lighting on the trees and branches is very nice.

Message edited by author 2023-01-19 00:40:54.

Croped
by Polar7

Comment by Citadel:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

I like the basic premise of this shot. Taking a bit more time would have helped. The division between the two sides of the field is likely what caught your eye in the first place. Great idea for a shot. Unfortunately the result was a little blah.

As mentioned in the comments, there is far too much road in this shot. Likely that isn't what attracted you to this shot. It does play into the shot.

I played with your shot quickly just to see what it would look like if:

The division between the two sides of the fields was centered.
The edge of the road was running along the bottom third of the frame
The tree line was running across the top third of the frame



I also bumped up the saturation a bit. (Probably too much but this was just a quick edit)

I would like to see this in landscape orientation as well. Show us the breadth of this field.

I also see you had a fairly wide aperture. I would try going with a smaller aperture (larger f/ number). Your shutter speed would slow down as well so you would likely need a tripod to get good sharpness.

As an alternate composition (one that just ocurred to me) is to have the division going diagonally through the frame. You would need to go down the road a bit but having the line going corner to corner would be cool or even if it just went off to a vanishing point in the distance it would like nice. Just a thought.

I hope I've provided some helpful info here.

C

Croped
by Polar7

Comment by joekent:
Good title. Would have preferred it if the road was cropped too!

Croped
by Polar7

Comment by SouthCoastOr3gon:
This lanscape isnt very interesting

Croped
by Polar7

Comment by troglodytegurl_14:
I'm afraid the composition just doesn't do it for me. I wonder what the significance of the road was to you? It's difficult to say without seeing it, but I suspect that you might had a more powerful image if you had centered the "crop" line, and removed most, if not all of the road from view.

Croped
by Polar7

Comment by Patsfan:
Nice shot of some green and some hay.

Croped
by Polar7

Comment by mohhomad:
I really like this shot, but I would have liked it better without the road, just the fields.

Croped
by Polar7

Comment by mikears:
DOesn't do much for me