The Face in the Woods - REVISITED

[Meerkat17]

Your comments please...

http://davidlewins.fotopic.net/p2944823.html

http://davidlewins.fotopic.net/p2944824.html

David

[G3]

Very good! I like the first one best (the profile shot). Good composition and depth. Interesting subject...very good.

[JZaun]

I don't ofter know how to do it but I do recognize really good shots when I see them.

#1 is the one

I can't find anything I don't like with that one!

JZaun

[KO_300D]

I agree with the other comments, definitely #1

[Meerkat17]

Thanks everyone - #1 is the one that I like too possibly because it reminds me of the statues of the Easter Islands. However, when I look at the other with more detail in the face, etc I have found that it has grown on me (No pun intended) :lol:

I can't find anything I don't like with that one!

I'd be interested in hearing what you might not like with the other Jerry?

Thanks again for the comments
Regards
David

[JZaun]

David,
I don't have anything I don't like about #2 but #1 is a picture of a place and time to me.. #2 is just a good photograph of a statue with nothing extra!

Still #1 is the one :D

JZaun

[IndyJeff]

Well call me different but, I like #2 better. Looks like old man winter trying to huff up one more winter storm to me. Good shot.

Suggestion, if you go back to that spot, would it be possible to lay down about 5 feet in front of this guy and take an upwards shot? The right clouds and DoF could make for an interesting shot.

[Meerkat17]

Looks like old man winter trying to huff up one more winter storm to me.

Suggestion, if you go back to that spot, would it be possible to lay down about 5 feet in front of this guy and take an upwards shot? The right clouds and DoF could make for an interesting shot.

Old Man Winter is possibly right for that evening - if you notice the dark cloud to the bottom of the horizon - that cloud burst before I got home and gave us our second heavy snowfall of the year!

I also like your suggestion, thanks - I never thought of trying that angle.

Regards
David

#2 is just a good photograph of a statue with nothing extra!
Thanks for your honest answer Jerry.

Regards
David

[Leighow]

DAVID

#1 -- has better light and a sense of 3-D due to the distant water. The venue's geography creates a natural backdrop for this Easter Island setting.

#2 -- is too 2-dmensional, and face-on. The shot is too linear *. The bushes demand attention but end up being distracting. On balance these aspects, along with those missing here but available in #1, cannot be offset by the additional carving details.

NOTE:
Many of my nature shots across a swamp or creek . The foreground has to be strong as the creek is simply "middle" ground. An artist friend has commented that such shots are too linear.

[Meerkat17]

Thanks for your input Howie, #1 is still my favorite shot but from all the comments that I received (and some kind encouragement from Jerry) after submitting the above two pic's I have revisited the site and taken a few more shots at different angles. You're artist friend is very right but here's one that I took as a "child's eye view" although everything is up-front I still like it. If I let my imagination run, I can visulise the branches in the background as hair.

http://www.btinternet.com/~David.Lewins/g5/images/keeperofthewoods.jpg

[Leighow]

Yes -- this lpwer down view seems to work much better. In fact the face is natural in both images. Some carving!

[sparty314]

David,

Great pictures. I also make a point to view your submissions, because I am learning a lot by following the threads.

I like the first picture best. In the second, I am slightly bothered by the cropping at the top of the head. After looking carefully, I think the objects I'm seeing are actually background tree trunks, but at first glance, they look like ears (kind of like a cat's ears!). And, it seems as though they're cut off. I'm not distracted by the tree in the right of the frame, but the large tree to the left of the carving is too close and hard to separate from the carving itself.

Great job on both (actually all three) photographs!

[Meerkat17]

Thanks again for your comments.
The carving itself has been done on a tree which was damaged in a storm and as such is still deeply rooted into the ground. There are lots of other carvings within the area but this one is by far the best of them all and the largest.

I think the objects I'm seeing are actually background tree trunks, but at first glance, they look like ears (kind of like a cat's ears!).

I think I see what you mean its the one to the right? if so then its part of the carving and is a leaf - this guy has leaves extruding from his eyes, nose & mouth.

Pleased they have been of help to you.

David