GUY1970:
Finally got some Landscape pics. To late for this weeks comp.
Critique desired and required as I am trying out landscapes.
Please comment on the above two pictures as really struggling with the landscacpe theme.
Thanks in advance
Hi Guy,
Although I'm no expert I'll give you my comments.
Picture 1
The whole image seems a little over exposed which leads to the sky being undefined which is a shame as there are lots of clouds which I feel would add to the photo if they were a little more prominent. If you shoot in RAW this should be fairly easy to address.
I like the path through the flowers although I would personally crop about a third up to eliminate the larger expanse of grass and crop the sky down to maintain the rule of thirds.
Picture 2
I find my eye wandering around looking for a focal point. I think the two paths leading in different directions work against one another. I would crop about a third up, just under the hedge and then about a third in from the right, just at the right hand side of the hedge. This would give you a single path moving in a diagonal from bottom right to top left. As said above, I would also work on the sky to darken it a bit to provide a better definition of the clouds.
These are only my opinions; the great thing about photography is that there are no absolute rights and wrongs, if the photograph pleases you then you're half way there!
Incidentally, picture 2 was a little large in the horizontal which made it difficult to view as a whole; if you limit your images to around 650 pixels wide they will fit in the window.
Regards .... Dave
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