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[Toothtek]

Hit me everyone I need to know the truth.

Is this Gallery worthy?

[Mike Buckley]

I don't know what you mean by "gallery worthy," but I can telly you that I like it a lot. The dark patch of sky is a bit distracting and would be improved for me if it were lightened. The very strong vignette is unappealing but you might prefer that look.

[Shadowman]

Like something you'd see while zooming down the Interstate. The twisted cabin and slow shutter gives the image a bit of movement.

[Geoff F]

I would definitely lose the dark corners, this image is strong enough to stand on its own without support.

But I think I would do something about that little bit of foliage on the right edge. It isn't sufficiently large to add anything so I just find it distracting. Probably a mix of crop and clone.

Otherwise, yes it looks good to me.

[GEORDIE]

Hi Mitch,
Definitely would put it on my wall.

Can't say why but I keep scrolling back to have another look.

Colin.

[Manfred M]

Interesting composition, but I find that the tree that is pretty well dead centre of the image does not work for me. I would agree with the others that suggest that you lose the heavy vignetting in the corners; while I personally do a lot of vignetting in my own work, this is a bit too much for my taste.

[Stagecoach]

Mitch,

In my opinion you have done a great job but the image would be much improved without the so obvious vignette.

Grahame

[FrankMi]

Hi Mitch, just a thought. Open the image in Lytebox and slide it left with your mouse until you have a square crop and see what you think?

[Bobobird]

Dramatic image. I too find the corners and that right side distracting.

Was there any particular reason for the vignette?

[Toothtek]

I am trying to understand if my photos could be considered "Fine Art"
I have read the definition, I don't feel my head is wrapped around it yet, the vignette is for the mounting, the print will be mounted on a brushed aluminum plate with 2 inches of plate outside the print, I thought the vignette would be a nice contrast against the plate. The sky, It didn't even occur t me..I will keep an eye for contrast areas behind my subjects.

Thanks Mike

[Toothtek]

When I cropped the print I was trying to give a fore ground, middle and back, Depth, how large should something in the for ground be? I will look for some more info on that, do you have any suggestions? Reading material?

Thanks Geoff

[Toothtek]

Thanks Geordie.

[Toothtek]

Do you feel I should have went with ROT?

I considered it at first, until I found my eye wondering to the field on the left first rather than the tree which is where I wanted you.

Thanks you Grump.

[Toothtek]

I don't have Lytebox, I will be looking it up.

Thanks Frank.

[FrankMi]

I don't have Lytebox, I will be looking it up.

Sorry for the confusion Mitch. When you click on your image in the CiC forum, it opens up in Lytebox by default. Not sure about images linked from sources outside CiC.

[Mike Buckley]

When you click on your image in the CiC forum, it opens up in Lytebox by default.

Based on my experience, the Lytebox is available for viewing at the larger size(s) regardless of the method used to display the image at CiC.

[Toothtek]

Gotcha,

[Mike Buckley]

I am trying to understand if my photos could be considered "Fine Art"

The words, "fine," "art" and the combination of the two are highly subjective terms. My advice is to not get hung up on whether your images are either fine, art or both. The only thing that matters is whether you and/or your viewers enjoy viewing them.

[Geoff F]

You mentioned looking for reading material about composition, Mitch. Well besides the CinC Tutorials there is a lot of useful material here http://ronbigelow.com/articles/previ...ualization.htm

And a great deal more about general composition if you search around the topics which are available there. This item directly involves foreground http://ronbigelow.com/articles/foreg...foreground.htm

But at the end of the day, it all comes down to how you personally see a scene.

And with regard to your image. This is how I saw it, which isn't a lot different from you.

[mknittle]

One of the Bonsai masters that I know said "the definition of art is something you want to look at, and that makes it subjective"