Rotunda

[seaslug]

under smoke.

[millicat]

Another lovely scene. Quite a few things to look at ie the really tall trees in the background, the ' empty seats' and the huge tree beside the rotunda.

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[P Plates]

It is a lovely scene, very relaxing and beautiful colours. "under smoke" would be a bit scary for a lot of Tasmanians I reckon.

[seaslug]

Not so much of a problem at this time of year. The smoke in this instance came from council workers cleaning up broken trees from the storm a couple of days ago. Made for an interesting light!

[sejac]

I agree with the others - a lovely scene captured in beautiful light.

Did you want my C&C? Well, my first impression looking critically at your shot was that the crop appears a bit tight. Let me explain.

There are some interesting things happening at the top of the frame with the trees in the background. Also, perhaps less importantly, the tops of the trees are snipped off a bit. Look, neither of these points is a deal breaker, but my eye is willing the top of the frame to somehow expand by a cm or 2! Those bluish background trees would frame the top of your shot beautifully.

The water on the bottom of the frame is again a bit narrow, out of proportion perhaps with the other overall proportions in your image.

A the rh edge. Call me an anal old dauche bag by all means, but I noticed the seat on the rh edge is cut by the edge of the frame. Others will say, perhaps correctly, "who cares!!! $5$#2&**." And the sloping tree, sloping out of the frame, and therfore drawing the eye out of the frame, is close to the edge too.

All these points just make me feel that your image needs a bit more breathing space. Others will soon correct me, I'm sure.

"OK Charles", I hear you say. "Why don't you do better?" I'm trying to, believe me.

PS I like the lh edge. Just thought I'd mention it.

[loose cannon]

Charles has offered an excellent critique and I'll just add how I would view the scene with an eye to composition.

I'd look at the water and try and ensure there was a similar size 'space' at the top of the image over and above the foreground tree. Next would be to try an ensure the gap between the two outer seats and the edges of frame was roughly similar. No need to get out the measuring tape or anything crazy like that but getting the balance right can really lift an image like this.

Love the colour and light here, the rotunda is well positioned in the frame, just needs a tweak around the edges of the image to go up a notch. Thanks for sharing this.

[seaslug]

Thanks for your input, and as everyone is aware, you don't always see everything the camera does! (Even when viewing in PP)!

I've had a little fiddle with it in respect of your suggestions.



Cheers.

[loose cannon]

I love the light on the trees at the top of the frame! To me that really opens the image up, gorgeous light in this.

I'll share some general thoughts regarding composition for future reference. Keep in mind these are just my ideas and are in no way meant to be offered as hard and fast rules and are not directed at you in particular, just a few rambling thoughts that some members might find interesting (or not!)

For landscapes, and I'm thinking of trees in particular here, the same guidelines that are followed in portraiture can be kept in mind. By that I mean it's generally considered a bad idea to chop the feet off in a portrait. If the feet are to be included then some room needs to be provided between the feet and the bottom of the frame. If you can't fit the entire person in frame then it's considered a good idea to zoom in and crop somewhere above the knee (or thereabouts, I know nothing of portraiture!).

With trees in a landscape image it can be a good idea to either show the entire tree with some space around it, or if it won't fit in the frame then chop a lot off the top rather than a little. One or the other will generally work and provide a more pleasing composition than toes or the top of a tree touching the edge of a frame.

Feel free to ignore all of the above.