Yo habría cortado la parte de abajo, me encantan los árboles...

Gracias por el comentaria de Ana. Estoy de acuerdo con su critica. Algunos de la parta inferior puede ser cultivada fuera, pero no todos de lan misma. Disculpe me espanol. No es mi idioma nativo.... :)

I like this photo. The blurred flowers in the foreground send my eyes immediately to the posts and help establish depth in the picture. Having said that, the posts are only mildly interesting in and of themselves. I think this photo would be improved if there was some additional point of interest located next to the posts...perhaps a young girl reaching down to pick one of the flowers, or an old gardener leaning on a rake. The photo is fine as is, just able to be so much more. By the way, I like the colors in this garden. I bet it's a nice place to visit.

Thank you both for your comments.
Jeff, I agree with you about the photo needing another subject. I originally took this photograph because of the shadows.

I am not so sure that this does need anything else. I agree that the colours and the sense of depth are very well composed here. Perhaps the only thing that I seem to stumble across is the post lined up with the tree trunk, maybe a step or two to the right would have allowed the tree to shine beyond the posts.

when I see the photo, it seems that columns are the main subject. There are more interesting elements in the image but they are out of focus (flowers) or they are very poorly contrasted (tree), so you look at the columns again at the end. And columns aren't interesting...

Sorry, that's my opinion :)

I don't think the picture needs more, I'ld rather go for less. Crop off the horizontal beams in the top of the picture, and not only the whole things gets an abstract quality, but also the tree jumps up in the attention. I don't think it'ld make for a perfect picture, but it would definitely be an improvement, IMHO.

Hello Ana, Thank you for your opinion.
I agree about the position of the bird, but it was a quick catch! He was gone in an instant!

I believe I was using a 300mm, so the focus was all on the bird, and not the scene.
Thank you again.

Very beautiful and full of the wonder of the moment. I really like the framing and use of negative space. Nice work, in my opinion.

Jon

The feel of this shot is very striking, although you might wish for the bird to be postioned differently. I am hopeless at the ps thing, but I would be interesting to see the effect on the composition if you cut the bird and flip it 180 so that it is flying into, rather than out of frame (it looks relatively easy with such a stark background). Still, it is wonderful as is.

oh,yeah, it would be quite easy to flip the bird (ha ha ha)

:)

At first I thought, too much grey sky. But then I read Ana's comment (in as much as I understand Spanish). Held my hand in front of the bottom left for an instance, and suddenly the whole thing worked.
So, too bad about that patch of grass. But since birds don't wait until you get a nice frame on them, it's still a great picture.

Estupenda, me gusta.
Saludos.

Genial, Andrés me gusta las distintos planos que crean las nubes/niebla. Bonita gama tonal.

Nice repetition here!

I too agree that the person adds to the shot, rather than taking away. It places the shot in the real world, and give it perspective. Otherwise, it could have been a model...

A real Escher capture in the real world !
Incredible !

¡¡¡Enhorabuena!!!!, he visto esta foto en la portada que Canon tiene para enviar sus noticias ("You connect").

Hey, I got this advertisement from Canon today. And they used your shot! I thought I had recently critiqued it here. Congrats!!

Me gusta la composición, es curioso el juego curvo que realizan estos árboles, aunque el pequeño que justamente está en el centro y al fondo destaca sobre los demás, creo que no encaja por su color diferente. Yo habría trasladado el encuadre un poco más a la derecha con el objetivo de que se viera el elemento de la derecha.
Saludos.

oh yeah, i didn't notice that before. they are a little bit different, huh? I also just noticed that pole on the far left, haha. funny I should only notice that now. thanks for the comment!

I would crop the top so that none of the blue of the sky can be seen.

Great image though, adore it!

The depth that you have created in your image is really quite captivating, as is the detail in the trunks and branches. I also think that the toning that you have selected works very well to create a very strong image overall. Nice work.

Hola Ana,

Te agradezco tu explicación.

Esta foto es documental y ha sido publicada en varios medios, con lo que no hay posibilidad de manipulación (...aunque esta versión está bastante más saturada que el original y tiene un poco de dominante verde debido a la conversión del espacio de color adobe rgb al sRGB).

En cualquier caso, no estoy de acuerdo en lo que apuntas. Verás, en mi opinión, el arbusto equilibra los pesos de la imagen. De no existir ese objeto en la escena, la imagen estaría claramente descompensada. La parte izquiera tendría mucho más peso. Creo que podría afirmar que con toda seguridad, de no haber estado ese arbusto allí, habría hecho la foto unos segundos antes para rellenar ese vacío con la figura de una jirafa.

Aprecio tu interés y el hecho de haberme prestado tu atención y sore todo tu tiempo.

Muchas gracias.

Atentamente,

David

Fascinating!

Thanks Richard, it's nice you think this way

I absolutely love how the light is coming through the clouds towards the largest of the giraffes. That ray of light really draws my focus towards the center of the picture and I absolutely love the colors.

I appreciate you kind words Olegslayer.

Thank you!

The colors in this photo are amazing, I love the contrast from the deep blue water and rusty orange of the leaf, even the little bit of green left in the leaf is great!!! Amazing capture!

awsome

I love the the contrast between the water and leaf too

good job!

Hola Ana,

No me refiero a que haya zonas oscuras en la imagen. Precisamente que las haya es uno de lsus puntos clave. Me refiero al color de las mismas; puede que sea en parte debido a la reducción pero a simple vista se aprecian artefactos y tonos verdes y magentas (¿por la excesiva saturación/contraste?)

Es posible que me haya pasado un poquito en ambas....Gracias.
Saludos.

Gracias Noah y Chadler por vuestros comentarios tan agradables.
Saludos

Nice shot, I would like to see the leaf with a little more shapness, but overall I like it. Well done

I like it too. I would crop out the narrow dark band along the top so that the leaves reach the edge of the frame.

La parte de arriba no enriquece la toma.
Saludos.

very nice shot, great comp and dof
good job

Beautiful

Looks very creamy :)
I would suggest toning down the highlights a bit and increasing the shadows a little bit...just my two cents...

Delicious! Love it - well done.

Best,
jon

Gracias a todos por vuestros comentarios.
Hasta pronto

Perfect!

I really like the texture an feel of this photo, great color, all around great photo!!