Farmland/Woodland landscape

[Welly]

Hello guys,

My very first post so be gentle! I'll post an introduction message after this. However, I thought I'd get straight in. I've had my Nikon D70S for a little while but haven't really done anything serious with it and but recently I've become interested in taking photos and learning how to take better photos. Here's one I took recently on a walk, it's just a landscape image but I quite liked it so thought I'd post it up. I can see quite a bit wrong with it but there's a few things I like about it too.

[weatherwise2]

I'll take the first step. Also living in flat country also taking "landscape pictures" is always seems second cousin to those beautiful ones of mountains and hills.

I like most the different colors of green in your photo and the background fading into the morning fog. The line of the rows draws you into the background. I would crop closer to the rows but leave some of the horizontal grass in front. At first I thought the horizon was crooked but the field horizon is flat so this is okay.

Good job. Keep on shooting.

[Welly]

Thanks for the positive feedback, appreciated! I've cropped it a little bit and I think you're right. The grass at the bottom didn't really need to be there and it looks a little tighter now.

[RexK_Cozumel]

Try shooting at a different time of day. The lighting in this picture is very dull and the colors seem a bit muted. Also the sky if very uninteresting. If you are going to reshoot try to get down into the field and get a low perspective as the rows of dirt/grass would look even better up close. Also go back around sunrise or sunset to get some better color in the sky.

[peeperita]

in my book there's no such thing as "just a landscape shot".....landscapes are tough for me because i tend to see the whole picture and not what fits in the frame.....

i like the colors.....i like the depth of field......and i especially like what you "saw" in the frame.....my only suggestion is to crop with a little more attention to leveling the horizontals.....

thanks

peeper

[WooD]

I got a shot once similar to that, but we have super flat land. At least you were able to score some hills in your background.



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[bahgheera]

Originally Posted by RexK_Cozumel

Also go back around sunrise or sunset to get some better color in the sky.

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