On Beautiful Ridge

[Marie Hass]

This is where I live. On Beautiful Ridge. As typical in Ohio, the area has been extensively logged and mined. These pictures were taken on our road itself.

1. Sunrise this morning.

_MG_4067m by mariehass, on Flickr

2. Old mine road.

_MG_4075m by mariehass, on Flickr

3. Logging road now a deer path.

_MG_4070m by mariehass, on Flickr

4. Another mine road. They say that this road actually goes somewhere. I have been back that road and it gets to be 4 wheel drive further in.

_MG_4091m by mariehass, on Flickr

5. On the way home this evening. Almost to the top of the ridgeline. This is the last turn.

_MG_4104m by mariehass, on Flickr

Please comment/critique.

Marie

[nimitzbenedicto]

Very beautiful indeed.

[chauncey]

#1, its the "god rays" that make the image, I would crop out the blue part of the sky and the left 25% of the image. The other 4 are just too busy, too much competition for the eye.
Maybe some dodging and burning to focus the eye to the road/trail would help???

[Shadowman]

Very nice.

[Wavelength]

Very well done shots...... i like those wild flowers and those tortuous tracks

[GeorgeM]

I like #s 1, 4, & 5!

[Digital]

Marie, nice images.


Bruce

[Marie Hass]

Thanks everyone.

William, green on green on green can be difficult because it is harder for the eye to focus on something. Thanks for reminding me of that.

I will try cropping the sunrise image again. I had a niggling doubt that all that sameness at the top 1/3 was boring.

Marie

[MrB]

Marie, #1 is wonderful but I agree with William about the others. A couple of ideas -

1. Perhaps you could shoot #2 with the track towards the left so it curves into the frame, e.g. -



2. Perhaps you could shoot when it's misty and leave out the bland sky, to add mystery to the images of the tracks, e.g. -



Philip