Would you bin this picture ???

jasphotography · 14th March 2005

I have a love-hate relationship with this picture, more geared towards "hate".

Let us have a constructive assessment on this picture. Love it, hate it, keep it, bin it, thrash it, just speak your mind and say whatever you like...

I may or may not agree with you but I respect your views.

AReality · 14th March 2005

too many things to see.
love the view, hate the jagged cloud edges.

ndroo · 14th March 2005

Keep half ... bin half.

Why?

I feel the top half is really beautiful. Just don't really like the trees in front. So top half ... keep ... bottom half ... throw

Just my 2 little cents here

ortega · 14th March 2005

nice view, but I'd say bin it. Composition wise it does nothing for me.
It is not something that i would show.

Normally my workflow goes something like this, if it does not look good on the LCD then It will never reach my computer. Once on the computer I will go through another round of binning. And finally I will only keep the best few.

rhythm_traveller · 14th March 2005

Originally Posted by renegade

Keep half ... bin half.

Why?

I feel the top half is really beautiful. Just don't really like the trees in front. So top half ... keep ... bottom half ... throw

Just my 2 little cents here

Same sentiments here.

melnjes · 14th March 2005

Why is the top part of the pic so dark? Just curious

I'd probably bin it, at most just use it as a faded background in a collage. But I'm sure it was a nice scene in reality.

phantasia · 14th March 2005

Hehe everybody's hating it...Well I love it!

At first glance, yeah it kinda feels there's too much things to see...

But spending some time appreciating it, i think it feels more like a painting than a photograph. A large painting where you can find small details whereever you rest on ur eyes on. I like how the foreground is just so different from the back. THe front is bright, the back is dark. The front is land, the back is water. Everything is so different, yet blends harmoniously into one picture.

Hehe yup tats my say..keep it!

But just a small note, can't help but notice that octagonal flare in the upper left quadrant.

And honestly, i think it would look great on a huge printed canvas.

Stoned · 14th March 2005

Looks like one of em chinese watercolour paintings

Christwings · 14th March 2005

My view is kind of in different from the rest. I like the pic, which looks like a painting from the back, but the trees infront reminds me that this is a real pic. Very interesting play with colours and lighting, but i do think that the cloud above should be crop of.

glennyong · 14th March 2005

i can see the gondorians ......... legolas ! prepare ur men... i sense the battle for middle earth is approaching....

=p

haha.. its nice pic.. love it !! it gives me a "Lord of the Rings" feeling..

KNIGHT ONG · 14th March 2005

I likes this photo ... if this was in chinese painting it can fetch a high price ...

Temujin · 14th March 2005

I think its amazing, not the usual dreamscape lightning that is so cliched of landscape photos.

Originally Posted by jasphotography

I have a love-hate relationship with this picture, more geared towards "hate".

Let us have a constructive assessment on this picture. Love it, hate it, keep it, bin it, thrash it, just speak your mind and say whatever you like...

I may or may not agree with you but I respect your views.

Drudkh · 14th March 2005

keep it and make it a jigsaw puzzle.

dominicchin · 14th March 2005

Hello.. don't mind my 2 cents?
Too much contrast between the back and the front. If you crop out the bright foreground leaving some of the foreground tree tops, it'd almost look like a painting from Lord of the Rings!

jasphotography · 14th March 2005

ok, can see 2 gangs here... So, this picture indeed is either you like or you don't like.

dominicchin, your crop is exactly what I had in mind except that I don't really like the dark top which melnjes pointed out. I suppose this has spoilt the overall picture somewhat.

I don't normally crop my pic, not to this extent... but it looks better, doesn't it?

So, will the lord return?

bwilly · 15th March 2005

first look, nice..
but the composition seem to be odd to put in a good way.

meepokman · 15th March 2005

I like it.

I like it because its not your everyday conventional landscape pictures.

These is one of those pics whwereby you don't mind standing in front of it for 5 - 10 mins just to look at every part of the pic. You just wanna absorb everything.

Probably you have a 'love-hate' feeling because its not a conventional pic.

Flare · 15th March 2005

I don't shoot much landscape, but if you ask me, I think the original is a little too tight. I wasn't there so there may had been distracting elements you purposely left out of the frame. If there was none, I would have frame the shot slightly wider with the cottage thingy at the lower right third, showing a little more of the bright foreground. This way, the picture may perhapsl first catch the attention of the viewer with it's 'dark mystical' and beautiful background and then pull it forward to the foreground with the cottage showing signs of habbitation, and leading to the feel of darkness approaching and threatening to overwhelm a small town, ala Lord of the rings feel. With the current framing, my attention seems cut off at the cottage due to the short distance it is from the edge.

Flare · 15th March 2005

Oh yeah, is this from a dslr? If it is, there may be dust on your sensor, there's a line down near the top right corner of the image.

eikin · 15th March 2005

since you are asking for opinions ... bin it. the picture tries too hard to communicate (messy) without saying anything eventually (composition doesn't work) , leaving the viewer unsatisfied (in the negative way) ... i'll never see it as an unconventional way to look at landscape, i'll see it as an imcomplete picture (in the negative way)

14th March 2005	#1
jasphotography Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,362	Would you bin this picture ??? I have a love-hate relationship with this picture, more geared towards "hate". Let us have a constructive assessment on this picture. Love it, hate it, keep it, bin it, thrash it, just speak your mind and say whatever you like... I may or may not agree with you but I respect your views.

14th March 2005	#2
AReality Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 4,396	too many things to see. love the view, hate the jagged cloud edges. __________________ . The Visual Journalist

14th March 2005	#3
ndroo Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: www.fuzzyeyeballs.com Posts: 6,721	Keep half ... bin half. Why? I feel the top half is really beautiful. Just don't really like the trees in front. So top half ... keep ... bottom half ... throw Just my 2 little cents here __________________ fuzzyeyeballs

14th March 2005	#4
ortega Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: NorthEast Posts: 16,507	nice view, but I'd say bin it. Composition wise it does nothing for me. It is not something that i would show. Normally my workflow goes something like this, if it does not look good on the LCD then It will never reach my computer. Once on the computer I will go through another round of binning. And finally I will only keep the best few. __________________ The Law

14th March 2005	#7
phantasia Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The North Posts: 632	Hehe everybody's hating it...Well I love it! At first glance, yeah it kinda feels there's too much things to see... But spending some time appreciating it, i think it feels more like a painting than a photograph. A large painting where you can find small details whereever you rest on ur eyes on. I like how the foreground is just so different from the back. THe front is bright, the back is dark. The front is land, the back is water. Everything is so different, yet blends harmoniously into one picture. Hehe yup tats my say..keep it! But just a small note, can't help but notice that octagonal flare in the upper left quadrant. And honestly, i think it would look great on a huge printed canvas. __________________ Flickring

14th March 2005	#6
melnjes Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,134	Why is the top part of the pic so dark? Just curious I'd probably bin it, at most just use it as a faded background in a collage. But I'm sure it was a nice scene in reality.

14th March 2005	#8
Stoned Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Changi Posts: 4,376	Looks like one of em chinese watercolour paintings __________________ My Personal Folio (of random events and things)

14th March 2005	#9
Christwings Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Jurong Posts: 93	My view is kind of in different from the rest. I like the pic, which looks like a painting from the back, but the trees infront reminds me that this is a real pic. Very interesting play with colours and lighting, but i do think that the cloud above should be crop of.

14th March 2005	#10
glennyong Moderator Join Date: May 2004 Location: ClubSNAP Posts: 5,553	i can see the gondorians ......... legolas ! prepare ur men... i sense the battle for middle earth is approaching.... =p haha.. its nice pic.. love it !! it gives me a "Lord of the Rings" feeling.. __________________ blog. http://blog.touchstudios.com.sg

14th March 2005	#11
KNIGHT ONG Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Snow Mountain Posts: 5,729	I likes this photo ... if this was in chinese painting it can fetch a high price ... __________________ AMPA * Studio * J team

14th March 2005	#13
Drudkh Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,019	keep it and make it a jigsaw puzzle.

14th March 2005	#14
dominicchin New Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Lost World Posts: 50	Hello.. don't mind my 2 cents? Too much contrast between the back and the front. If you crop out the bright foreground leaving some of the foreground tree tops, it'd almost look like a painting from Lord of the Rings!

15th March 2005	#16
bwilly Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Woodlands Posts: 1,835	first look, nice.. but the composition seem to be odd to put in a good way.

15th March 2005	#17
meepokman Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: all around the world Posts: 452	I like it. I like it because its not your everyday conventional landscape pictures. These is one of those pics whwereby you don't mind standing in front of it for 5 - 10 mins just to look at every part of the pic. You just wanna absorb everything. Probably you have a 'love-hate' feeling because its not a conventional pic.

15th March 2005	#18
Flare Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bukit Batok West Avenue 2 Posts: 1,739	I don't shoot much landscape, but if you ask me, I think the original is a little too tight. I wasn't there so there may had been distracting elements you purposely left out of the frame. If there was none, I would have frame the shot slightly wider with the cottage thingy at the lower right third, showing a little more of the bright foreground. This way, the picture may perhapsl first catch the attention of the viewer with it's 'dark mystical' and beautiful background and then pull it forward to the foreground with the cottage showing signs of habbitation, and leading to the feel of darkness approaching and threatening to overwhelm a small town, ala Lord of the rings feel. With the current framing, my attention seems cut off at the cottage due to the short distance it is from the edge.

15th March 2005	#20
eikin Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: 東京 Tokyo Posts: 10,920	since you are asking for opinions ... bin it. the picture tries too hard to communicate (messy) without saying anything eventually (composition doesn't work) , leaving the viewer unsatisfied (in the negative way) ... i'll never see it as an unconventional way to look at landscape, i'll see it as an imcomplete picture (in the negative way) __________________ APAD