My friend 'scored' my image a 5 (out of 10!)

I'd love to hear more opinions :P I will either be able to laugh in his face (sorry Rich) or take your feedback and hopefully improve, humbly ^_^

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It doesn't do much for me, sorry. It's a photo of a tree...oh yea with two people standing under it.

Not a fan of the blown out tree trunk, a bit more light on the couple would have been nice. Too much tree and not enough couple for me too.

I think it is good to have friends who are honest with you. It is almost a picture of a tree, but you have cropped out some of the branches. The couple seem incidental to the shot.the light coming from the right of the frame seems kind of odd, the way it lights up the tree trunk and the grass. The shot looks soft on my monitor, might be the look you were going for.

5 is a tad high for me, large expanse of black at the bottom of the frame, blown out tree trunk, soft couple and a tree growing out of the frame on both sides and the top.

i agree...

Why is there a really bright light shining on part of the trunk? Why is the foreground completely black? Why are the branches clipped? Why are there 2 random people standing there ruining the shot of the tree, and why is there a halo around their butts?

There's a good photo here, but I don't think you took it. The color in the background and the dramatic tree branch reaching out above them and framing the couple are nice. It also looks like there is nice dramatic light on the couple. Maybe move closer and to your left, then shoot horizontally with the 70-200 framing the couple, the tree and the city in the background like this crop. You would have to have changed your perspective to keep the city, but you get the idea.

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That^^

touche touche, I have obviously a lot of images with different crops. I just latched onto this one - apparently in misguided taste.

I'll post the edited set when I'm finished...thanks for all comments all. ^_^ Sometimes I need a wake up call ^_^

(Sorry)

Yea, the blown out tree trunk is seriously awful.

Also, what's with the halo (of the moon?) around the pair's rears? Did someone serve radioactive beans at the reception?

Nice idea, poor execution. 5/10 sounds about right, perhaps even a tad generous.

Would have been two good photographs. One with the tree and the skyscrapers. Needs less crop and the tree needs to be less centered. Maybe take a longer lens and walk a hundred feet backwards (and lose the blown out trunk).

Another with couple and the branches. No need to have the whole tree in, if you crop some of its branches anyhow.

professoryeti wrote in post #13365422
There's a good photo here, but I don't think you took it. The color in the background and the dramatic tree branch reaching out above them and framing the couple are nice. It also looks like there is nice dramatic light on the couple. Maybe move closer and to your left, then shoot horizontally with the 70-200 framing the couple, the tree and the city in the background like this crop. You would have to have changed your perspective to keep the city, but you get the idea.

Agreed... and the first shot I'm with a lot of the other posts. Not sure what is the subject matter, the tree has all the lighting which draws me to the tree.

I like the concept of the original, but unfortunately it fails for me in the execution. A HDR approach to get both some foreground detail and the gorgeous sunset in the same exposure would have lifted the tree a bit.