Jan, Thanks for your feedback on the photo. I was conflicted in my choice of photos to submit. My other choice, the one that I did not submit, was shot for you “foreground guy” type of people. Ultimately it came down to what I considered more important: context or detail. For me, the detail showing how well the architecture of the original tree was preserved during the petrification process won out. I felt that was the more interesting aspect of the subject. Let’s assume for a few minutes that you were shooting something like this and your primary goal was to demonstrate the detail. How would have shot this? I want to improve my photographic skills and any help you could give would be appreciated. Thank you my friend. rand
This shot is cropped too tightly to give the viewer any idea of its surroundings. Some like the lack of context, but I do not. I am a ‘foreground guy’ and this hot has none. |
