foot bridge

[Theo]

enjoy

[habakuk]

I can hardly move my eyes away from the "glitter" of the bushes in the center of the shot. Neither the sky nor the leading line of the road help me explore or even enjoy the scene. The horizont feels slanted (even if it really was so, it still feels "wrong").

If I blur the scene massively, I can see through and enjoy the classic composition with the road leading to the tree in the distance.

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[eob]

The "glitter" looks very artificial, especially when compared with blurry leaves of the tree on the left side. I think it is a result of too much contrast and too much sharpening.

IMHO, generally, exaggerated contrast plays well with geometric shapes and structures, but not so well with organic matter.

[aprilS]

I also had to wonder, why so harsh a treatment in the foreground?

But then I consider that contrast to the billowing clouds, the harsh light of a brilliant day against what might be an oncoming storm, and rather enjoy the experience. Do I continue ahead cross the bridge, toward that promise of the tree, or turn around and go home?

Considering Roland's comment, I think it might be interesting to see a version with significant foreground blur holding the heightened contrast...

[Theo]

I was really trying to get the reflection off the leaves that comes right before a rain. I'm still working on trying to capture it. Anybody have any success with this??

yours

btw thank you for the comments i really appreciate them.

[eob]

The most common way of getting reflections off leaves is using a polarizing filter.