Tuscan vinyard

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craig_d

Interesting shot. I like the composition, particularly the way the tree in the lower left corner breaks up the pattern of diagonals. The picture has an oddly low-res, undetailed quality to it. I'm not sure if it's just because of overexposure or if this is a blown-up crop from a much larger image, or if it's something you did intentionally in PP, but it make the image seem more abstract and less like a picture of a real place. Whether that's good or bad depends on your intention. It's intriguing, at least.

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craig_d wrote:

Interesting shot. I like the composition, particularly the way the tree in the lower left corner breaks up the pattern of diagonals. The picture has an oddly low-res, undetailed quality to it. I'm not sure if it's just because of overexposure or if this is a blown-up crop from a much larger image, or if it's something you did intentionally in PP, but it make the image seem more abstract and less like a picture of a real place. Whether that's good or bad depends on your intention. It's intriguing, at least.

Thanks for looking - this was meant to be an abstract, shot early in the season, hence the paler green.

schmoo

I love abstracts and this is great! Definitely captures the freshness and newness of spring, holding all the promise of the later harvest.

The only nit I have is that it looks a bit grainy, or maybe over-sharpened?

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schmoo wrote:

I love abstracts and this is great! Definitely captures the freshness and newness of spring, holding all the promise of the later harvest.

The only nit I have is that it looks a bit grainy, or maybe over-sharpened?

Thanks for commenting - I DO have a problem with sharpening at times.

ABCL

It's interesting, I like abstract too. Though I agree with schoo about the sharpening, looks to be a little too much and the detail suffers, try not sharpening the image, I used to be a serial sharpener but grew to love the natural sharpness of the lens over Photoshop.

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ABCL wrote:

It's interesting, I like abstract too. Though I agree with schoo about the sharpening, looks to be a little too much and the detail suffers, try not sharpening the image, I used to be a serial sharpener but grew to love the natural sharpness of the lens over Photoshop.

Good point - will keep that in mind. Thanks!