City - the fins, secret spot State - COLORADO Country - United States
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i named this one piggy back cause this lone tree was perched ontop of this rock formation in the shape of a fin, there was another fin which i was stading on across the way with a valley inbetween us. pikes peak in the background, this was a beautiful day in the mountains, many more images to upload from here... let me know about this one, composition, concept, coloring, any suggestions are welcome, im in need of help to make my work better????
hey alastair, thanks so much for the feedback on this image, i quite enjoy the critique, it helps me make better images. which is something this forum is lacking sometimes.. people always say such nice things yet i need and other artists need to hear what can be improved you know...
on the image, i agree i looked at it for quite a while and it needed something, i added some of the clouds in the upper left, mainly the big formation is post, and did it as a lighten layer and lowered the opacity and changed colors so that it matched up with this composition, the clouds were on another image i had taken at the same location... a polorizer was used on this gigantic lens it is so hard to find the 90 degree angle from the sun and still keep a good composition, it was about 25 degrees to the right, then the sky would have been black ha ha ha, thanks again for your comments and critique, anytime i love hearing thoughts on my work,
and thats what were all here for right, plus im used to critique, going to art school for 5 years toughens up even the toughest of us!!!!!
keep them coming alastair
phil swanson
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Alastair Bell{K:29571} 6/5/2005
This is a very good shot Phil. If I were to be very very picky I would prefer to see it a little more underexposed to reduce the harshness on the rock near the tree, and perhaps a little less sharpening as it appears the rocks on the right may have picked up a few small artefacts. You could also try using a polariser to darken the sky and /or perhaps a Grey grad filter to add depth to the sky? But that is being super picky! Compositionally this is near spot on. Perhaps a little less sky? Don't know. The single tree on the left is well balanced by the rock on the right so no complaints there!
I hope you don't think I'm being critical as I really do like this image and am really trying hard to find fault! Don't think I don't like this as I really do. It is superb as it stands... but you did ask!
This is a wonderful landscape Phil, Love the diagonal composition, the simplicity of the subject, the complementary colors, it's just beautiful.....:):)Linda
Great shot!!! Can't find anything to 'make this one better'.... it's great as is!!!! Beautiful colors, great angle/view and excellent composition.... well spotted!!! BTW keep it a secret.... ;-D!!!!
thanks kelly for the wonderful comments out of aussie, i enjoy this forum very much and everyone here has enspired me to become a much better artist... we all have different styles but through this forum and researching different photo books i have worked my way along a very hard path... your portfolio is amazing kelly, keep it up, and hopefully daisy comes back to you in a couple weeks instead of 4....
laters phil swanson
PS. hopefully you took a bunch of images so you can at least mess around with them and upload while daisy is away at the doc!!!!!
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Kelly {K:20268} 6/5/2005
phil your work is perfect, im not sure if you could make them any better, i for one love your work... this one has the most gorgeous colours... love the 'lone tree' up there... cheers kel
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