Meadow

GemmaGemma Registered Users Posts: 119 Major grins
edited June 26, 2013 in Landscapes
I'm not sure about this picture and would appreciate others' opinions.


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  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited June 24, 2013
    Gemma,
    It's a very nice scene and exposure - I like the moody sky.
    I think what you may be unsure about is what I notice to be the lack of a strong subject or point of interest.
    Also, the lack of a focal point draws attention to the OOF foreground - which, IMO, doesn't look quite right.
    It's a nice image though...
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • R.JayR.Jay Registered Users Posts: 974 Major grins
    edited June 24, 2013
    Hi Gemma, I agree with Eric - the exposure is good and the red poppys really stand out. The sky is really interesting (looks like a typical english summers day :D). If it was me, I would have liked to see what swapping the out of focus foreground for more of the dramatic sky looked like.

    Cheers, Richard.
  • GemmaGemma Registered Users Posts: 119 Major grins
    edited June 25, 2013
    Thank you both very much for commenting.

    The things you've mentioned I wondered about myself and I tend to agree - I tried to find a focal point to include in the picture, but struggled as there wasn't one really.
  • basfltbasflt Registered Users Posts: 1,882 Major grins
    edited June 25, 2013
    in other words , there is no subject
    one poppy in the foreground and there was a subject
    here the grass seems subject , which draws no attention
    Bas

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  • GemmaGemma Registered Users Posts: 119 Major grins
    edited June 25, 2013
    Thank you very much for commenting.

    No but I have seen photographs of just a field and sky that work well and I guess I was trying to achieve something similar. Whilst guidelines such as the rule of thirds, focal points, foreground interest etc. are useful I don't think they can't be veered away from too.
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited June 25, 2013
    Gemma wrote: »
    Thank you very much for commenting.

    No but I have seen photographs of just a field and sky that work well and I guess I was trying to achieve something similar. Whilst guidelines such as the rule of thirds, focal points, foreground interest etc. are useful I don't think they can't be veered away from too.

    You got close in my view.....exposure rocks......how about reversing the ratio of sky and the meadow in the picture. Furthermore, if a sense of vastness can be captured, without sacrificing awesome foreground elements and gorgeous sky, then it would rock.
  • GemmaGemma Registered Users Posts: 119 Major grins
    edited June 26, 2013
    Thanks very much.

    I did take other shots in a portrait orientation and different landscape ones too so I'll have another look at them.
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