Radtech1 wrote in post #5848141
On this thread I have another version of this shot. There were a few comments about the horsecart being too far away. I can't do too much about it's placemnt, BUT, I can do something about it's existance.
Here is the shot without the horsecart. It seems to have a much more "quiet" feel to it - to me at least. With the horsecart there is a sense of expectation. Like this, it seems more pastoral, settled, placid.
I am not sure if one approach is better - they are just different.
Any thoughts?
Rad
I didn't see the one with the horse cart, so now I will need to find it.
Not knowing the full details on what the area looks like, I have visualized that it may be similar to places that I have visited in mountains of New Mexico (both northern New Mexico and in the southwest near Silver City). I imagine the winding road crossing a small bridge just out of view and a steep canyon wall on the other side of the stream ... if my imagined setting were real, that would tell me what's in store visually if I were to pan the camera upwards (more trees). Of course, it is also possible that just beyond the trees are tall buildings that would be revealed by panning skywards. Sometimes things are better left to the imagination.
Your image tells a very nice tranquil story ... I can just feel the cool dry air of the imagined mountain meadow, the sounds of the wind and running stream. Now, I find myself looking for that horse pulled cart coming around the bend.
howzitboy wrote in post #5849853i wonder how it would with the trees darker and the flowers in fg darker to keep the eye on the house and S-curve?
Your editing is very good, but I am attached to Rad's version -- it seems to have struck just the right chord in my imagination.
