A pine in the light

Hi Marc!!!

I always with great interest watch your photo's... which becomes with time really better and better... <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/t/t…" width="15" height="15" alt="" title="Thumbs Up"/>

About this photo... Nice composition, perfect feeling of volume and light rendition (via haze). Really well done... But (IMO) this photo will be better if U take into account some "small" bugs in the composition:

1. Will be better to avoid the location of the main object at the central "point" of the photo, and esp. the dark object (dark green) on the dark background - pine on the mountain background... - "dark on the dark". Мay be better move something to the left/to the right while shooting this scene?
2. To prevent the "integrity" of the composition, may be better (IMO) to crop a little (5-10px) from the right and left sides and remove small fragments/branches of pines on this shot? Also "seen" the other/different variant of this photo - with strongly cropped lower part/bottom of the shot (1/3) ~ almost to the bottom of the tree ...
3. This is the "high-mountain" shot - bright sun, crystal clear air, high UV <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s…" width="15" height="15" alt="" title=" (Smile)"/> and etc. U can use PL-Cir filters which remove's unwanted reflections from surfaces such as snow, stones, etc. They also enable colors to become more saturated and appear clearer, with better contrast - increase the contrast and saturation in blue skies and white clouds in the "high-mountain conditions".

So... once more... nice shot... with amazing sense of space.

Best wishes,

Sergey