2016 Project 52, Fourth Quarter by Joe/ Joebranko

[joebranko]

Sunset at Georgian Bay, Ontario




Clouds over Georgian Bay: About 1/2 hr before sunset

[Urbanflyer]

Gorgeous colors in your second image!. There are lots of ways to crop this that will anchor it. I don't think the current crop does justice to the potential of your image. Here is why. There are three places my eye skips around and none of them allow me to take in the whole image: 1--the light on the bottom left corner, 2--the light on the bottom middle, and 3--the light on the bottom right corner and the tree silhouette. When all three areas are included I loose the overall impact of the photo. Pick one of these anchors and build your crop around it and see if you like it. I think you may find that your eye can then move throughout the photo and enjoy the wonderful sky you have captured. Think both portrait and landscape as options.

The first photo works as is! nicely done!

[bnnrcn]

The first image looks very nice Joe The sky is very nice in #2 but I'm afraid it doesn't work compositionally.

[Geoff F]

The second image looks a lot better when viewed with the lightbox option. Maybe I would consider a very slight crop from the top and left side to concentrate more on the delicate foliage.

[joebranko]

Gorgeous colors in your second image!. There are lots of ways to crop this that will anchor it. I don't think the current crop does justice to the potential of your image. Here is why. There are three places my eye skips around and none of them allow me to take in the whole image: 1--the light on the bottom left corner, 2--the light on the bottom middle, and 3--the light on the bottom right corner and the tree silhouette. When all three areas are included I loose the overall impact of the photo. Pick one of these anchors and build your crop around it and see if you like it. I think you may find that your eye can then move throughout the photo and enjoy the wonderful sky you have captured. Think both portrait and landscape as options.

Thanks Judith. I have made some minor modifications which I think improves the composition. See what you think:

[joebranko]

The second image looks a lot better when viewed with the lightbox option. Maybe I would consider a very slight crop from the top and left side to concentrate more on the delicate foliage.

Thanks Geoff. See if you like the modified image.

[joebranko]

The first image looks very nice Joe The sky is very nice in #2 but I'm afraid it doesn't work compositionally.

Thanks Binnur.
I have made minor adjustments to the composition. Does it work any better?

[Urbanflyer]

That helps a lot. the eye now seeks the one bright spot at the base of the tree, runs up the tree and out across your glorious sky (or the reverse). Nicely composed!

[bnnrcn]

It is better than the original Joe, nicer and neater

Thanks Binnur.
I have made minor adjustments to the composition. Does it work any better?

[joebranko]

The second image looks a lot better when viewed with the lightbox option. Maybe I would consider a very slight crop from the top and left side to concentrate more on the delicate foliage.

Thanks Geoff. See if you like the image now.

[Geoff F]

Yes, that looks good to me, a much more compact scene which holds together well.

[Dave Humphries]

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[joebranko]

This is from Collingwood which is on the shore of Georgian Bay, Ontario. These grain silos stand about 100ft high and were constructed around 1920. They are no longer used and are being kept by the City. I don't think the City has finalized what to do with them, but in the meanwhile they serve as a great land mark for the city.



Also from Collingwood, not far from the grain silos:

[joebranko]

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Thanks Dave.

[Shadowman]

Nice compositions.

[Wavelength]

Very lovely images.... the second image after cropping has really improved; i was imagining that as a full wall spread....that would be superb

[joebranko]

Nice compositions.

Thanks John!

[Geoff F]

Another couple of crisp well exposed images, Joe.

[joebranko]

I was attracted to the form of the branches of this tree on the shore of the lake this morning. The background is the lake itself and lightening sky backlighting the scene.
I was not happy with the image; it does not capture what I saw. Camera settings were: iso 6400, f2.8 17mm 1/60". In retrospect I could have tried increasing the exposure to say 1/20" at a better ISO and see the result to the background. f 2.8 is the maximum aperture for this lens. Also although I used a relatively wide angle, I did not capture the branches which almost surrounded me. I do have a wider angle lens which I plan on trying but it is also f 2.8. I also wonder if I should have tried using flash to lighten up the branches. I only have an in-camera flash which I rarely use. Is this a good candidate for HDR? I shall return tomorrow with an 11mm lens, and hope the light is the same as today. Any suggestions would be welcome.

[Geoff F]

I suspect that is one of those scenes to take a quick snap just in case anything comes from it, then keep on walking.

HDR could give more detail to the dark areas but you would probably have problems with movement from those leaves. Maybe try a black and white version if you can shoot from a bit further back and find a nice looking composition.

Careful use of an external flash unit could light up the scene but I suspect it wouldn't produce a sufficiently equal level of lighting all round the area from just one unit.

Maybe, if you can't get far enough back from the tree it might be better to concentrate on a smaller area.