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**MK19** · 09-01-2010 12:40 PM

I really like the way the new growth has taken over the root system of this downed tree in the river, but not too sure if I am 100% on how I cropped it down or how I framed it. I like it, I just feel it could be better. Yoar .02 is requested.

**jacobsen1** · 09-01-2010 12:44 PM

how can we critique the crop if we don't get to see the original?

**Stime187** · 09-01-2010 12:49 PM

I'm not sure if it could be cropped well... the issue to me is the business/overwhelming amount of stuff going on, not the placement in the image. A wider view might alleviate that to some degree though.

**MK19** · 09-01-2010 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by jacobsen1

how can we critique the crop if we don't get to see the original?

My fox paws:

here's another angle I was toying with:

**Stime187** · 09-01-2010 01:02 PM

The last is my favorite so far for sure. It gives context.

**Markitos** · 09-01-2010 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by Stime187

The last is my favorite so far for sure. It gives context.

+1... I like the angle better.

**jacobsen1** · 09-01-2010 01:12 PM

agreed, but it's a bit yellow?

**Markitos** · 09-01-2010 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by jacobsen1

agreed, but it's a bit yellow?

A bit yellow and a bit overexposed.

**MK19** · 09-01-2010 01:36 PM

Agreed, the last one is better- I need to adjust the curves on the far right end. Thanks for the feedback

**nate49509** · 09-01-2010 03:40 PM

I agree with everyone else. The last one provides much better context. Maybe a B&W would work too.

**tbert** · 09-01-2010 05:02 PM

Originally Posted by nate49509

I agree with everyone else. The last one provides much better context. Maybe a B&W would work too.

This.

**jm2e** · 09-04-2010 01:12 PM

I disagree with the collective on this.
I think you were on the right track with the first post. It's the busyness and the color that makes it interesting in the first place. The original larger shot gives it a context, but not one that's interesting to look at.
I would take the first shot and crop it in a lot tighter. Only include the top half of the image to give it more of a living abstract with all that color and activity. The bottom of the stump gets less interesting without as much color or activity. Just cut it out.

**Dave6265** · 09-04-2010 09:24 PM

I like the 2nd posted angle. The perspective is much nicer to me, and it gives rhyme & reason to the mess in the first crop.

Since this is the critique forum, I think you went overboard with the PP of the image...over exposed, over saturated, and it's got a yellow cast.

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