Spring Stroll - Su Causeway

michswiss

thoth

I love the tilt-shift feel of this one, Jen. Though you weren't exactly close the composition brings me right into the stroll.

Your title is a bit too specific for me. This is getting picky but the word "Spring" is kind of beaten down by the heavy coats for me. I see a lovely winter day in the photo but keep looking for the Spring. I hope that makes sense.

michswiss

thoth wrote:

I love the tilt-shift feel of this one, Jen. Though you weren't exactly close the composition brings me right into the stroll.

Your title is a bit too specific for me. This is getting picky but the word "Spring" is kind of beaten down by the heavy coats for me. I see a lovely winter day in the photo but keep looking for the Spring. I hope that makes sense.

I'll dive in and comment on my own shot and get geeky about it because I'm branching out into colour and exploring some new visual relationships. This is a learning experience for me and I'd appreciate comments about colour treatment beyond the image itself.

I was very specific on the title. Just felt right this time. Su Causeway in Hangzhou in the evening at the end of Spring Festival after a 20 degree C day. Lots of green grass. So sue me . The "tilt-shift" feel is from my recently acquired 85/1.4. Got it about a month and a half ago. I LOVE IT. Used it in Apprehensive. Talk about playing with dof. You can slice a scene into hundreds of planes with this thing. But it's twitchy. Not much forgiveness.

Btw, glad you liked the shot.

bdcolen

michswiss wrote:

I'll dive in and comment on my own shot and get geeky about it because I'm branching out into colour and exploring some new visual relationships. This is a learning experience for me and I'd appreciate comments about colour treatment beyond the image itself.

I was very specific on the title. Just felt right this time. Su Causeway in Hangzhou in the evening at the end of Spring Festival after a 20 degree C day. Lots of green grass. So sue me . The "tilt-shift" feel is from my recently acquired 85/1.4. Got it about a month and a half ago. I LOVE IT. Used it in Apprehensive. Talk about playing with dof. You can slice a scene into hundreds of planes with this thing. But it's twitchy. Not much forgiveness.

Btw, glad you liked the shot.

Lovely, though I wish the mother and child in the foreground were in focus. The spring is obvious to me - green grass, some green on trees, but once again, that's the problem with titles.

canghuixu

Nice. Looks like it was a lot warmer than it was in Beijing! I really need to visit Hangzhou one of these days.