Lone tree of Llanberis

GOLDENORFE

the famous tree in Llyn Padarn , Snowdonia north wales

long exposure with b&w conversion in Nik silver fx

Richard

Nice composition and good conversion. Well done.

puzzledpaul

I agree, but - to my eye, it'd be even better without the tree frame right - it breaks the (clean) silhouette / skyline

pp.

GOLDENORFE

@puzzledpaul said:
I agree, but - to my eye, it'd be even better without the tree frame right - it breaks the (clean) silhouette / skyline

pp.

Maybe , but with the mountain behind the tree a little bit dull, the tree keeps your eye away from that and focus on the tree and towards the mountains in the background to the right.
that my thinking

kdog

Terrific image, but I agree with Paul. To my eye, the sliver of branches and corresponding reflection entering the picture on the right edge are a needless distraction to an otherwise delightfully clean image.

puzzledpaul

Difficult to tell on this size of pic, but there doesn't seem (to me, anyway) to be a great deal of 'dullness' difference between the distant mountains / skyline on the RHS and LHS frame edges. If your intention is to stop / pause the viewer's eye when transitioning from either L > R or vice versa, then yes, this has certainly been achieved.

However, when viewing pics (especially those with subjective 'eye pulls') - that are hoping to be considered as more than just 'record' shots - if one wears a - drawing with light definition hat - I ask myself ... would the artist have drawn /added that specific element onto the paper / canvas?

A positive answer is a rare beast imo - certainly is with my own efforts, anyway.

pp

pathfinder

Interesting description of your thought processes, PP. I like them, and I find I do agree. Would I have added the tree if it were not there? And I would say I would not have added it. I will use that question to myself again in images of mine, I think.

Lovely image, but a bit better with a minor crop to the right edge.

Richard

@puzzledpaul said:
... would the artist have drawn /added that specific element onto the paper / canvas?

This is exactly the right question. In this case, I would answer no and crop the right edge, though I must say it didn't bother me when I first saw the image. But now I can't help looking at it. Funny how that works.

GOLDENORFE

Now you have mentioned it, i now find myself looking at those small brances also !

agree with you to crop them out

thanks for comments everyone .

ImYoshi

Wow this scene is straight out of a horror movie...No I mean it in a good way, nice setting and capture!

puzzledpaul

This is turning out to be a bit like waiting for buses ...
Email from phase one pointed me to this

... I prefer yours .

pp