Fern in Black and White

Nice B&W abstraction. Moving the bright out-of-focus leaf out of the foreground would make this even better.

Hi

I like the idea and strong use of lighting - but although the lighting is indeed striking and attracts the eye, the composition requires more refinement and condensing to really craft an image that retains that attraction. For example you could have made the shot about the vertical / horizontal lighting contrasts seen upon the right. Or gone in closer and made the image about the focus and lighting effects displayed by that grass blade interlacing the fern - lots of compositional options to explore really just within this little scene; but I the real point I am trying to make is that simplifying and condensing the image and composing more around a single thought-out aspect would probably in most instances formed a stronger looking image that had more lasting appeal

Hope some of that waffle made sense to you - and if not, do what most people do and ignore me! lol


All the best
Matthew

Matthew Pugh wrote:Hi

I like the idea and strong use of lighting - but although the lighting is indeed striking and attracts the eye, the composition requires more refinement and condensing to really craft an image that retains that attraction. For example you could have made the shot about the vertical / horizontal lighting contrasts seen upon the right. Or gone in closer and made the image about the focus and lighting effects displayed by that grass blade interlacing the fern - lots of compositional options to explore really just within this little scene; but I the real point I am trying to make is that simplifying and condensing the image and composing more around a single thought-out aspect would probably in most instances formed a stronger looking image that had more lasting appeal

Hope some of that waffle made sense to you - and if not, do what most people do and ignore me! lol


All the best
Matthew

HI Matthew,

It all makes sense. That is one of the things that makes photography so interesting.

Cheers from the Land Down Under

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