Stop pedaling before you take the shot. Seriously, it looks like you were still in motion.
Gorgeous light and composition that leads my eye down the path.
Your EXIF data has been stripped. It would be helpful if you would provide the important information. Consider adding some post-processing to make the image appear more like impressionism than a mistake.
EDIT: You only need to add some Local Contrast Enhancement and sharpening. Contrary to my above comment, I now realize that it seems as if you forgot to sharpen the image.
Last edited by Mike Buckley; 8th August 2014 at 03:48 AM.
Lovely light and composition.
It is lovely light and I like the composition. I can't explain why but I like it even better with some cropped off the bottom to bring the shrubs down to the bottom. I'm not sure why because if I'd taken the shot I'm sure I would have composed it just like you with the path starting in the lower left corner.
…to put more emphasis on the "tunnel effect" and increase the charm factor!
It looks like a painting to me when I first scrolled through it...must be the movement.
Very pretty! I too, love the composition and light. +1 for the crop suggestion.
Beautiful shades of green and light. I love how the light draws the eye to the far end of the path.
Irene
+1 to 16x9. I like the composition. One thing I like in landscape composition is to see elements at different distances from the viewer, and something that connects them. In this case, I might have waited to get a cyclist or a walker right at the end of the path to emphasise the distance.
Edit: I would probably have taken a step or two to the right, to emphasise the diagonal alignment from front left to back right.
FWIW, I used a 180 macro lens set for f/32 and 1.3 sec SS, mount wasn't terrible secure. I had numerous
joggers/bikers that were erased as they were blurry at the SS used. The macro lens doesn't seem to have
the diffraction that I would have expected at the f/32 used.
Next time will use a tripod with remote shutter, lower f/stop and maybe stack the images, which would
allow a faster SS for a in-focus jogger/biker if desired.