Friday, September 08, 2006
New Forest Litter
Comments:
A real countryside photo. Although taken from this vantage point and one is normally not looking here, it somehow feels natural; perhaps because I do transfer the occasional self-sown holly to hedgerows. I wonder what nibbled the top off this holly earlier in its life. The only slight detraction from a powerful shot is the tree behind the holly, which gets rather caught up in the latter visually. But I love the way the shot gives such a strong feel for woodland, using the year-old leaves as one part of the story, the deciduous trees as backdrop and the focal point of the evergreen. The colour combination is excellent.
Thanks for that comment John. I did notice the trees but they were there and I did consider darkening them slightly but didn't.
I think you are right though and I may print this for a competition later in the year with the trees darkened.
I took a lot of these as I just rested the camera on the forest floor and did a time delay exposure, so I was unable to look through the view finder and just shuffled the camera around.
When I did the slide show this one stood out.
The holly bush is about 4"/100mm tall! There are deer and ponies in this part of the forest.
So I printed this out last night with the trees darkened considerably.
Nora looked at the print and said "It's a shame about those trees"
Doh!
Rex's rabbit cam! An interesting perspective from woodland ground level. I wonder if this would work without the holly. I suspect it might and could be an interesting direction for a series of shots Rex. A perspective on the world from the small mammal point of view.
Interesting perspective. For some reason the highlights on the edge of those holly leaves give the whole thing a hyper-real sort of look. Not a bad thing.
Another two way view from me. As an evocation of this sort of forest this photo really works. As a visual art experience I find the strong lines of the lighter trees confusing.
I like the idea though, and it is an ideal opportunity to acquire a camera with a waist level finder!
Rex - either Auspicious and I are wrong or you got the print setting wrong!
Matt - holly does look hyper-real!
As others said before...an interesting, nay unusual, perspective. I find myself enjoying the shot for that reason. The green of the holly does not clash too much with the green of the background trees so each is distiguishable. I'm not too worried abou the two vertical branches. I would like to see something of interest middle left - i.e. in the general direction of where the front most right curled leaf is point to.
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I think you are right though and I may print this for a competition later in the year with the trees darkened.
I took a lot of these as I just rested the camera on the forest floor and did a time delay exposure, so I was unable to look through the view finder and just shuffled the camera around.
When I did the slide show this one stood out.
The holly bush is about 4"/100mm tall! There are deer and ponies in this part of the forest.
Nora looked at the print and said "It's a shame about those trees"
Doh!
I like the idea though, and it is an ideal opportunity to acquire a camera with a waist level finder!
Matt - holly does look hyper-real!