Does this tree make or break this shot?

[jamn4ex]

[IzzieK]

To me, it is almost right smack to the center??? Could you have moved to show a different angle? Or if you really like the tree incorporate it with another angle shot...just my opinion.

[jcuknz]

If you want the tree as the centre of attention then you should hold the camera in portrait mode and reduce the waste space either side of it ... you also cut off its connection to the earth so close it looks like a mistake.

[PRSearls]

IMO, the tree is too centered in the frame. I don't know what other elements were in the scene and out of view on the right. You have a lovely sun-shadow combination on the background hills, including an interesting light streak near the barn. I may have moved more to the left and put the tree on the right side as a foreground element so the viewer's attention was more on the rolling hills and barn. The two, modern buildings on the left draws my eye away from the hills. This is a peaceful and interesting subject that needs more exploration. Springtime, with greening fields and new leaves on the tree might look very pretty if you can catch some good light and sky. Your side-lighting here is effective in giving the barn a three-dimensional shape. This is worth the effort of a re-shoot.

If possible, take different points-of-view of a scene that catches your attention. In my experience, some of my later and different POV's of a scene turned out to be stronger and better than my initial view and idea. Extra digital images are cheap to shoot and can be discarded later if they turn out to be disappointing. There are lots of pretty landscape scenes in Tennessee. I encourage you to keep shooting.

Paul S

[Saorsa]

It breaks it almost completely. It is in the same tones as the background and merges with it. As a result, you don't get a good view of the pattern of the limbs or the flow of the background curves.

There is a pretty dark area on the right there. The tree would look better there since it is relatively light compared to that area. Having said that, I would have moved to the right and then squatted down to get the tree against the sky (which has some texture from the clouds.

[Manfred M]

The tree and bush to the right do not work. I think you would have had a nice landscape shot had you stepped in front of the tree.

[jamn4ex]

ok the majority has spoken. I will go back and reshoot this from other vantages. I thank you all for the advices, I knew there was something wrong with that tree. I really need to try more landscapes, so please be patient if I keep posting some pretty obviously flawed compositions and exposures. Thank you all.

[FrankMi]

ok the majority has spoken. I will go back and reshoot this from other vantages. I thank you all for the advices, I knew there was something wrong with that tree. I really need to try more landscapes, so please be patient if I keep posting some pretty obviously flawed compositions and exposures. Thank you all.

Keep on posting James. That's one of the best ways we learn from one another at CiC!

[IzzieK]

I like your attitude so I will wait for your posts with more photos...

Shoot and shoot some more...with your camera, I mean....

ok the majority has spoken. I will go back and reshoot this from other vantages. I thank you all for the advices, I knew there was something wrong with that tree. I really need to try more landscapes, so please be patient if I keep posting some pretty obviously flawed compositions and exposures. Thank you all.