Some Sooner Than Others

Michelle Bialowas from Melbourne Victoria, Australia

What a fantastic contrast - just wonderful.
Ok, ok, cristicism, as requested - I would of liked to have seen just alittle more detail in the leaves, maybe just an extra half a stop however seeing this image on a mac or even just a different computer does make it harder then looking at an image infront of you.
Do you save your images for the web or save them as a low res jpeg? I use to save for the web however I found that the colours became lost and now save them as a jpeg @ 72dpi.
Great work.

5 Dec 2006 2:14am

badala from Leiria, Portugal

Beautiful.

5 Dec 2006 2:44am

Stu from Kyoto, Japan

very well spotted michael. It wouldn't have occurred to me to photo this subject but seeing your shot it makes me realize there are photo ops. everywhere if you just know how to look. Beautiful contrast.
I tried for criticism but none came to mind.....sorry.
Nice shot.

5 Dec 2006 4:59am

MnX from PARIS, France

I love the idea of the contrast between a "hairy" (yes for me leafs are the trees hair...) tree vs a nude tree. The little things that ennoy me a bit is despite the fact that the tree are the only object one the photo, they don't seem to do a "clash", they almost seem to flee from each other (I think that the fact that branches go out of the framing help). I would try a little different angle so that the tree seems to fight each other. I'm sorry this is more a matter of taste than a real technical criticism, but technically this photo is far superior to my knowledge so I gave my feelings. Nice work, I love to watch it and try to see how to better it... It makes me think about my own work more critically too.

5 Dec 2006 5:48am

Duncan Galbraith from kyoto, Japan

It works for me. Constructively Id like to see more of a gradient in the sky, as its hinted at in the photo but could no doubt be enhanced via a bit of PS trickery.

5 Dec 2006 9:29am

Ryan Yam from Quezon City, Philippines

I would have preferred a looser framing to the subject to show the trees as a whole.

5 Dec 2006 12:39pm

Aaron Schmidt from Auckland, New Zealand

Ha! I like this shot. So who's winning? The one with the leaves or the one without... ;)

5 Dec 2006 3:05pm

Kelvin Chan from New York City, United States

Good eye to pick this one out. I feel it would work better in B&W. If you didn't explain it, it would've taken a while for me to figure out what's the point of this picture. In B&W there are more contrast and there aren't colors to look through.

5 Dec 2006 6:52pm

Martine Lapointe from Québec, Canada

Beutiful composition with the contrast. For a long critic, my english is not enough good to that. Sorry!

5 Dec 2006 10:35pm

Lyndsey Le from Houston, TX, United States

Very interesting shot! Did you have to do any "shaving" for the nude one? :) Such a rare opportunity and you got it! Gotta love the way you look at nature, Michael!

6 Dec 2006 9:02pm

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