I have to ask what you're going to do with the photo. It documents that you were there, but would you hang it on a wall? Would it be the kind of photo that's saleable? Not that the last point matters that much, but what are you trying to achieve? I know the mountains around Salt Lake are beautiful and that was likely the motivatotion to press the shutter release.
I feel those elements distract from the grandeur of the mountains. Not that there shouldn't or couldn't be other elements, but these, IMO, are placed incorrectly to make it a pleasing photo. There can be foreground trees but at least a portion of it here is out of focus with the ugly leaf hanging on the left. I realize you shot from where you were in this instance, but the road and chain link fence does nothing to make it a pretty picture. IMO, majestic mountains often don't need any context and adding it can detract from their sublime beauty. I'm not trying to be critical, just giving you the feedback you requested. I realize you were probably not out on a serious photo-taking expedition, just out for a walk maybe... but if your main subject was the same and you had a different vantage point where you could cleanly incorporate other natural elements, while excluding the unnatural, I think it would benefit. Tom C. >From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: PESO - Mountain Majesty >Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 10:56:11 -0800 > >It will be good to hear from others to see how they feel. FWIW, I >like the elements that seem to bother you. I have shot those >mountains without nothing around them and there is no perspective to >get a feel for them. They just look like a mountain of some sort. > >Thanks for your candid comments. > >-- >Bruce > > >Wednesday, January 3, 2007, 10:24:23 AM, you wrote: > >ft> On 1/3/07, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Standing down in the flat valley really gives these mountains a sense > >> of power. Taken in Utah. > >> > >> Pentax K10D, A 70-210/4, Handheld > >> ISO 100, 1/350 sec @ F/11 > >> > >> http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/snow2006_01.htm > >> > >ft> I'm not sure that I'm as thrilled with this one as I am with most of >ft> your other work, Bruce. > >ft> A couple of things that bother me: > >ft> 1) The tree in the mid-ground on the left is about the same apparent >ft> height as the mountain - it lessens the impact of the massiveness of >ft> the mountain, IMHO. > >ft> 2) The dark tree in the foreground seems to be "touching" the tree >ft> mentioned in point one. I'm distracted from the main subject >ft> (presumabely the mountain) as I ascertain what tree is which. I don't >ft> mind photos in which there's a lot going on, but with this one, all >ft> this only takes away from the impact of the main subject, without >ft> adding any meaningful narrative. > >ft> 3) The dark trunk upper left is a distraction. > >ft> But, maybe it's just me... > >ft> cheers, >ft> frank > > >ft> -- >ft> "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
