This is very cool. I think it would be better without the vignetting.
Originally posted by posthumous:
vignette seems too heavy to me but I love the composition.
Originally posted by insteps:
I don't necessarily dislike the heavy vignette but I'd be interested in seeing the natural image.
I don't know why I like severe vignettes so much; they're just an affectation when done to this extent, and I know it.
But I actually like the brutality; the uncompromising effect created. In this photograph I was interested in using the preposterously excessive lower edge vignette to mirror the shapes and weights of the background hills. Making the truck (bakkie) become a part of – or an echo of – the landscape. I did a horse like that once too, though with a less extravagant vignette.
If I had voted in the challenge you might have gotten to 5.5. Not that matters at all. It's a beautiful photograph. The tight crop on the truck creates a nice foreground layer. I don't necessarily dislike the heavy vignette but I'd be interested in seeing the natural image.
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