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On my way back up out of the gorge I had been hiking through I came across this lone branch draped in sun light coming down through a shaft in the canopy above, it lit this single branch up like it was an actor on a stage under a single spot light giving it center stage in a production only the trees could see.From my vantage point I liked the framing I got with the twin sets of trees on either side forming a natural frame around the center point.
Critiques on this one would be greatly appreciated as to your thoughts on the composition, being that the focus point is centered in the shot.Β Thanks. Β
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I think everything in this image is remarkably sharply in focus.
It's an arresting photograph for that reason, and because of the
range of (green) values banded into an enclosure by strong verticals,
but the contrast you saw and described is less evident to me/us for reasons
that probably explain themselves in your EXIF data.Β See your thumbnail.
Long exposure and deep focus at ISO900 are probably responsible for theΒ
relatively subtle variations in brilliance that argue against your description.
Your title is consistent with the scene of which you speak, but a little more
specificity might nudge the viewer's perception toward coincidence with your
recollection of this moment; Soliloquy, for example, implies the presence
of a single actor dramatically philosophising on a darkened stage.Β And it wouldn't
hurt the transmission of that sense impression to vignette this environment
into a showcase for that single branch -- far preferably in-camera and in the moment,
but you might also do something similar in post-production (years later) by selecting the center
with a large feather and inverting the selection, so that everything peripheral is
editable, then darkening the image from the outside in to narrow the subject
by (virtually) burning down the forest, the re-inverting selection, and dodging the heart of your actor.
Call that a cheat if you like, but
it's said that Shakespeare never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
And this is a strong, attractive photograph of a universally-meaningful story
about light.
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This shot was less then what the real moment was like at that time.
The contrast was much greater then what the camera picked up, such as distinct rays of light
penetrating the canopy focusing on that branch, which was what drew my eye there in the first place there had been darker contrast as a whole.
I will have to go back and find this photo
and look over the raw file at some point and see what I did in post, most likely I went in the opposite
direction and lighten the image to bring in more detail.
At the time I believe my main focus was trying to get the most detail out of the whole picture, I was still pretty new to the camera at this point,( still am )
I like your suggestion of tightening up the frame like that of a stage production with the center stage lit only on the main character, it would most defiantly fall closer to the name sake, At the time I was playing with the trees as the frame for the shot.
Thanks for the insight on this.Β Β
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I see what you meant to show us of the moment you saw.
I think you changed your mind in post to present the optimum
photograph; clean, crisp and balanced.Β The moment you saw
is still there and fueling our respective needs to share it;
your memory and my anticipation.Β What you saw isn't what
we see.Β It never is, and cameras don't see like us either,
but between photograph and words and shared experience,
gaps get crossed and perseverance furthers, and water's wet,
and...sorry, sometimes I get carried away with metaphors
and hackneyed expressions.Β I look forward to seeing this
image again, when you get around to it.
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Well you have given me a perspective I hadn't though of, I don't and can't obviously tell what it is others see
in the images I present and even less so I'm concluding in the narratives I put forth.
This kind of thing is cathartic in a way.
Metaphors are welcome as well, they trample over the mundane, which is to say at the very least, refreshing.Β Β
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On second thought, this original posting is quite a bit lovelier than both revisions.
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