To the Valley Below

[Shadowman]

I appreciate you insight Manfred. I don't think it was as much that the image wasn't working for me but more that I was leaning more toward exploring the reasons why viewers would prefer the closer or further view. Hopefully I could then accurately apply that reasoning when trying to compose future images of this genre.

It is interesting that you selected those particular crop points as an option as that is exactly where I was considering an alternative crop if I had to go in tighter. OK Manfred and John. Let's see how it works!




I guess the question now is, having cropped tighter, have we gained more than we've lost, lost more than we've gained, OR is it now a different scene?

Frank,

I think the scene hasn't changed overall, the village is still represented and the foliage still has a feeling of encasing the region, just not so much foliage.

[Brownbear]

Yes, a beautiful nook. Thank you for posting this with your questions. I still prefer the original with all the trees but this has been a very informative thread for me, providing lots of different insights.

Thank you for your thoughts, Christina and Nandakumar! The sense of isolation and being hemmed in by the trees is what drew me into this scene. It just looked like a cozy nook where you could settle down in front of a crackling fireplace kind of feeling.

I will try other crops but my guess is that it just won't give that same feeling.

[Manfred M]

Frank - I prefer the latest crop. Somehow I find the balance between the trees and the buildings works better in it.

[outwithmycamera]

I will throw in a bit of a contrary opinion here. That being I think the first image works better for me. All that greenery as some one put it gives greater depth to the landscape and a landscape scale and context to that little settlement. The first makes me feel like I am on a tall mountain looking down from a great height and I get a sense of the vast forested region that dwarfs the village, where as the second just feels like a shot zoomed in and it loses a bit of the impact for me.

[AB26]

Lots of potential in the image Frank.

If you are cropping to show the viewer more of what is happening in the village it might be better bringing the “heart” of the village closer to the centre. It is always better avoiding cutting people, cars, buildings, etc. in half.

Enhancing the image just a bit removes the haziness. Cameras see more than the eye and tend to be very sensitive to pick up any haze over longer distances.

I took the liberty in doing this to show you what I mean. Hope you don’t mind.

[FrankMi]

Thank you Andre. I see the view you are thinking about. Perhaps there was a bit of haze being as I don't recall the greens being that vivid.

By the way, please feel free to play with any of the images I post. I only ask that you tell us what you did to achieve the changes, particularly for some of the newer folks trying to learn post processing cause and effect. Thanks!

[AB26]

By the way, please feel free to play with any of the images I post. I only ask that you tell us what you did to achieve the changes, particularly for some of the newer folks trying to learn post processing cause and effect. Thanks!

Thank you Frank.

Haze causes a bluish tint. Removing haze you need to reduce the blue, ever so carefully. Increasing contrast slightly enhances the image.

I use ACDSee, so I have no idea how to do it with an Adobe product.

[FrankMi]

Thank you Frank.

Haze causes a bluish tint. Removing haze you need to reduce the blue, ever so carefully. Increasing contrast slightly enhances the image.

I use ACDSee, so I have no idea how to do it with an Adobe product.

Thanks Andre. I have another image where the subject was over 6 miles away that went a bit to blue. I'll give your suggestion a try! Thanks again.