Hunting in Sweden

[annapanna]

I took this on a walk in the forest where i grew up. what i would love some input on is if there are ways to make this more interesting, and also if you think it's too dark... any other input is also welcome, of course!




Canon EOS Rebel XT
f/7.1
ISO 100
Exposure time 1/100

[fletch]

As I've said before recently, some subjects are just not that interesting and no amount of photographical compostion and jiggery pokery are going to make a wall hanger of an image.

The subject in your photo is very central and fills a lot of the frame, making this a photo of a wooden hut on stilts with nothing else going for it. The exposure is OK in a difficult backlit situation but the subject either needs to very strong and intersesting or it need to be within a setting rather than framed against the sky.

[annapanna]

that's good input. i appreciate it.

[clogozm]

i think the composition would have been good if you got a bit more under it and got more of the legs/stilts in. Or maybe even tilted your camera a bit so that there's more interest in the shot.

[annapanna]

thanks. i was wondering about that. good input.

[RoyL]

I like the somewhat quirky image that you have made here, and See no problems at all with the subject matter, the centered layout which isn't really, and there is absolutely NO subject on the face of this earth or above that cannot be used to create and interesting composition. And I think that just about covers most of the opinionated critiques read so far.

Normally you would look for a composition that did not include the background trees but they fill the space. One comment about shooting something like this, try different apertures because you should have been able to blur the trees in the background a bit.

The tower needs some sharpening. There is a lot of detail that is not showing as the image is a bit flat.

Some tonal adjustment, curves, to add some depth to the clouds as well. Will change the whole image.

And even I can see that this is no wooden hut on stilts, it is a fire lookout and I live in a city. A hut would have a roof.

[fletch]

Originally Posted by RoyL

I...and there is absolutely NO subject on the face of this earth or above that cannot be used to create and interesting composition...

Really! Sound like a challenge. If I start a thread in the games section asking for interesting compositions of dull subjects are you up for it? IMO some things are inhernetly dull.

[tvoelcker]

Originally Posted by fletch

Really! Sound like a challenge. If I start a thread in the games section asking for interesting compositions of dull subjects are you up for it? IMO some things are inhernetly dull.

Sounds like a great challenge. Never been in the games section but I would be game for this. As Doc Holiday would say " I'm your Huckaberry"
Good ole RoyL, always makes me stop,think and reconsider

[oxfordy]

- get up the jolly thing
- get someone else to climb up
- its in a forest; get some foreground trees in the shot
- post process the sky to make it more dramatic

Just some ideas

[AnnetteJ]

Originally Posted by tvoelcker

Sounds like a great challenge. Never been in the games section but I would be game for this. As Doc Holiday would say " I'm your Huckaberry"
Good ole RoyL, always makes me stop,think and reconsider

That sounds like a fun challenge - do it! I'd join in! In fact if you don't do it soon, I just might!