#44 - My first Challenge.. advice needed!

DeeCajun

Not sure if these will make it but thought I would try, drove down a mountain to get these today

Thoughts please!
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liflander

HI! Congrats for jumping into the challenges!
I like the last shot the best. It somehow captures a nice silhouette and mood. I like its simplicity. The others don't grab me. I think its the simple 2-tone aspect (and the aspect ratio that is unusual) that you have there.
Cheers,
Mark

DeeCajun

Thank you!

Mistletoe trees look so amazing as a silhouette.. I wish I could capture it

Thank you!

tinamarie52

Welcome to the challenges! Please remember that we all have our opinions and are willing to help. You'll get a mixture of technical and artistic suggestions. You need to sieve through and use what suits your style!!

Having said that.....:D .... I love #4. I'd look at the crop. Perhaps straightening the larger tree on the right would make it look more upright.

Because of the descending size of the trees, my eye wandered over to the tree on the left with the major mistletoe clumps. Very interesting.

Chris

JAG

Welcome to the challenges. #3 has good potential. I agree that a little straightening might be in order. You might concider brightening the sky just a tad too.

lizzard_nyc

Love #4! Especially the trees to the right and that you used the pano aspect.

DeeCajun

thanks everyone...

Trees grow out of the side of mountains here... hard to tell what to straighten or not but I will work on these suggestions.. thank you !!!

DeeCajun

#4 straightened...

Flyinggina

I like the straightened version of #4 a lot - especially since you cropped off some of the dead space on the left.

Still thinking I like #3 better. Maybe brighten the background a bit as someone else suggested. The tree is beautiful - at least to me. But then, I love pictures of trees.

I think either one would be a solid entry.

Virginia

meandirene

As tinamarie52 mentioned, we all have our opinions...some technical, some artistic...this is neither.

#4 Straightened looks great, but personally I prefer it flipped horizontally. Just the way my eye travels from left to right, major subject first and then softens to the secondaries on the right. Try it and see what you like best...that's what's important.

AndMan

For me the straightened version of #4 is the strongest.

DsrtVW

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DeeCajun

Thank you!

I tended to wanted to leave them *unstraightened* because thats how they are naturally here but when you take them off of the side of the mountain they just look crooked..

Still want to play with #3 because I do like that tree !

DeeCajun

#3 lightened...

travelways

Welcome to the challenges. I like #4 straightened...

DeeCajun

thank you...

WhatSheSaw

I, too, like #4 straightened.

Could just be my old eyes, but #3 looks a bit fuzzy to me.

DeeCajun

thanks.. my eyes are awful so who knows...

Thank you!

nightpixels

I also like #4 but I would sharpen it just a little.