Field and Barn

[Sam W]

Handheld taken over the weekend at 5PM using a CPF. PP was done in LR and Nik. C&C welcome.



f/18 1/25sec ISO-100 24mm D-750

[Mike Buckley]

The monochrome version rocks for me mostly because the tonalities are more dramatic, especially the dark sky in the upper left corner that almost seems to be pushing the tree to the right. An excellent effect!

My one nitpick is that I wish you had moved just a step or two forward to keep the branch on the far right from intersecting with the horizon. Having made that mistake many times myself, I encourage you to digitally eliminate the bottom part of that branch.

[Wavelength]

They are classic..both; since the colors are awesome, my preference is for the original... i am desirous of including the top of the tree within the frame though....

[Shadowman]

Nice compositions, sorry but the barn is lost in the horizons.

[Mike Buckley]

sorry but the barn is lost in the horizons.

If it had been my image, I probably would have digitally removed the barn.

[dje]

Hi Sam

This is a very nice shot with a good composition. Both versions have their own attractions. The colours in the first are lovely and you seemed to have picked a good time for the shot as far as light is concerned. The mono conversion works well I think with good detail brought out in the clouds. This version has a very pleasing mood to it.

One very minor point - you could have used a bit larger aperture (say f/11) and got a faster shutter speed for a handheld shot. There is no obvious blurring from camera shake but it would have just made it a bit easier on yourself !

Dave

[Sam W]

The monochrome version rocks for me mostly because the tonalities are more dramatic, especially the dark sky in the upper left corner that almost seems to be pushing the tree to the right. An excellent effect!

My one nitpick is that I wish you had moved just a step or two forward to keep the branch on the far right from intersecting with the horizon. Having made that mistake many times myself, I encourage you to digitally eliminate the bottom part of that branch.

Thanks Mike, good idea about the branch although it does not bother me that much.

[Sam W]

They are classic..both; since the colors are awesome, my preference is for the original... i am desirous of including the top of the tree within the frame though....

Thanks Nandakumar, I saw that too. I will need to be more careful next time.

[Round Tuit]

Sam,
This is a beautiful landscape and the colour version works best for me. I agree with Nandakunar that it would have been nice to include the top of the foreground tree.

Andre

[Sam W]

Nice compositions, sorry but the barn is lost in the horizons.

Thanks John. I agree it is a bit small. Here is a little larger view:

[Sam W]

Hi Sam

This is a very nice shot with a good composition. Both versions have their own attractions. The colours in the first are lovely and you seemed to have picked a good time for the shot as far as light is concerned. The mono conversion works well I think with good detail brought out in the clouds. This version has a very pleasing mood to it.

One very minor point - you could have used a bit larger aperture (say f/11) and got a faster shutter speed for a handheld shot. There is no obvious blurring from camera shake but it would have just made it a bit easier on yourself !

Dave

Thanks Dave. I was concerned that a with a larger aperture the tree might not be in focus. I have not yet got a good feel for those things. Since I had to snap and run I felt it safer to use the smaller aperture. Thanks for your suggestions and kind remarks.

[Sam W]

Sam,
This is a beautiful landscape and the colour version works best for me. I agree with Nandakunar that it would have been nice to include the top of the foreground tree.

Andre

Thanks Andre - on my next visit I'll get the whole tree. Maybe the sun will be out too. :-). I appreciate your comments and taking time to reply.

[Sam W]

If it had been my image, I probably would have digitally removed the barn.

I had removed the barn then I am sure you would asked me about the focal point.

[Mike Buckley]

I was concerned that a with a larger aperture the tree might not be in focus.

Capture several images, each with a different aperture and decide when you get home which one works best.

Alternatively, check the image for sharpness after taking it by magnifying it to 100% display. This testing can be done while you wait for the light to improve. That's one reason I shoot raw files and set the camera's sharpening setting to a high value. When viewing it in the camera's LCD, I'm viewing a sharpened image. When I post-process the image, the raw file allows me the luxury of eliminating all in-camera sharpening in my first post-processing step, knowing that I will apply final sharpening during the rest of the post-processing.

Better yet, do both (capture several images and check afterward in the camera's LCD).

[Dave Humphries]

The monochrome for me too Sam - nice conversion, more detail is obvious in the landscape as well as the clouds.

[Mike Buckley]

It's not a problem for me at all that the entire tree is not included in the frame. I especially like that both the left side and the top of the tree extend past the frame, as does the right side of the other tree. Some things are better left to the imagination and this composition is a good example of that.

If there had been only one tree, giving that one tree a lot of negative space partly by including all of it in the frame would have worked well too.

[Sam W]

Thanks everyone for the helpful comments.

[Rebel]

Both very nice shots Sam, good work.

[IzzieK]

Nice composition on #1 but I agree with Nandy's comment about including the top of the rest of the tree...

[Wavelength]

Beautiful again