Woodland Scene

[Baffled]

This photo. was taken in Northumberland with my compact digital camera. Any comments/ suggestions gratefully accepted. Thank you in advance for any input. Regards john. (Baffled)

[DigiDiva]

This looks like something that I have been looking at in a photo magazine..Im guessing if the photo was taken now with the snow on the trees, it would be even more stunning. Where in Northumberland is it?

[Baffled]

Hi DigiDiva, The photo was taken approx. 5 years ago whilst we were on holiday. If I remember it was taken in the Alnwick area. I recently learned how to upload photo's onto this site and then attemped to upload photos. onto this site without success until I read a thread by Chris P and Lurkalot. Their explained the process more clearly than in faq. The upload of the photo was an experiment to see if I had got the process right. More photos to follow if I can remember which buttons to push. . I'll have more time to do these things now as I recently retired from work. See my photo album, albeit small at the moment and my previous posts.

Best wishes, John (Baffled)

[amk1977]

Hi John,

The biggest thing for me is the foot path. I would have aimed to have looked for a position where the trees were aesthetically pleasing and the path was visible throughout the frame. This would create a nice lead into the photograph and guide the viewer through the image.

I have to say though, your photograph is better than anything I produced on my old Kodak easyshare compact camera lol.

Kindest regards,

Aaron

[chris-p]

Hi John

Generally I really like it. The trees are great and I love the repetition of shape. I sort of agree with Aaron about the path and the leaves in the top right are distracting. The thing is, they're only distracting because there isn't really a focal point. Nothing really drags you into the shot.
I think it might work better as a more abstract crop or even in black and white as both would help add more viewer direction.

[AndyStevens]

I think a higher viewpoint would help achieve both Chris and Aaron's points - not always possible I know unless you have your emergency inflatable stepladder with you

I would quite like to have seen the roots of the tree on the left - dropping the camera angle a tadge would have shown where the tree comes from and maybe add an anchor point for the eye to land on before following the path...

and the higher viewpoint I mention could have then given a nice lazy meandering path through the woods.

It's still a nice shot though

Cheers
Andy

[Baffled]

Thanks for your comments I'll certainly take them on board and no Andy I didn't have the blow up step ladder with me at the time. Lol. I'll upload some recent Photos taken with my Nikon D90, which I am trying to get to grips with. Thanks again, John