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It’s been a really long time since I submitted a photo for critique here, but I thought I’d submit one in honor of Webinar 100 (https://lenspiration.com/webinar100). 🙂
However, I took a landscape photo the other day (another thing I haven’t done in quite a while), and thought I’d go ahead and see what critique I would get on it!
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Hey @lenspirationlydia! (I almost used your old handle!)
You’ve probably already had this looked at on the webinar (which I was sorry to miss as a long-time Lenspiration member), so I’ll keep this super brief!
Things I like:
–that sky. those clouds are super super cool looking and you certainly picked a good time to shoot.
–lead in lines! (Roads are so amazing for that aren’t they?)
–the subject of the tree next to the road
–your edit of the sky. You really excelled here and that’s the first thing I loved about this pic! The clouds aren’t blown out, there’s a little bit of pink off to the right, and there is so much delicious contrast here…Things that I think could be improved:
–competing subjects. I like the tree… but then there’s a neat looking sunset on the left that distracts.
–horizon is dead center.
–the dead bushes on the left
–greens seem to be slightly oversaturatedIf I were there, I’d try to shoot this picture from on top of the road (move the camera to the right; watch for cars!) to meld the two subjects of both the tree and the sunset, and then I would also try to include more sky and less ground by either tipping the camera up and potentially shooting from a lower perspective (this would also hide the dead bushes). Then I would maybe desaturate the greens from the grass just a smidge in post processing, but that’s a matter of style.
I hope you find time to get outside and shoot this month 🙂
—Logan @loganlamar
Wow, GREAT comments, @loganlamar! Spot on critique.
This was taken off the side of the road as we were driving through some countryside…one of those “hey can we stop the car so I can take a picture here?!” moments. 🙂 I loved the way I was able to find so many leading lines to incorporate in the photo, and yes! the sky was a huge part of what caught my eye.
Your comments on the horizon being dead center and the competing subjects were particularly helpful. Great reminders to keep in mind for the future!
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