I love the texture of this image Arati .. Those two strokes of green add so much to the frame.. I've always been partial to shooting grasses, I am looking forward to the rest of the series

Fine piece of work, Arati. And the grain work is so perfect.... but for some reason, my eye is wishing to see a small pasture of RED (or a shade of red) somewhere in the frame... don't know why!! Thanks for sharing!

A moody composition here Arati. The fallen one and the straight one comes together beautifully well. If this were mine, I would reduce the emphasis on four little strands at the bottom (or crop it slightly) and would give a tad more structure to the sharper portion of the fallen one. This is similar to KIran wanting to see 'red' in the frame. I think the root of that desire is the need for a little stronger anchor which I think can be achieved using structure too. If it does not work for you leave it as is - just my thoughts Isn't it interesting how human brain focuses on minute aspects of the design ? And lot of it may be personal too.

Thanks for your inputs folks.
Ganesh, Kiran: thanks a lot for that pointer. will work on it to bring up an anchor ... and interesting manifestations of the same urge . will try it.
the reason i presented the image as shot (no processing whatsoever) was to show the subtle colors i saw in that scene. it was all gentle, all soft.

thanks,
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no processing whatsoever

Arati, that may not be very accurate, if you haven't processed, Nikon/Canon engineers have done that without your knowledge before you even see the frame. I can promise you that they don't get it right !
Do you think Ansal Adams prints are "as shot" ? No way. We have to work on it

hahahahahaha ... so true! indeed will work on it!

Learning a good lesson from Ganesh that seeing (eye) is not believing (camera) here is a slightly reworked image:


does it work any better, Kiran, Ganesh? If not ... i am at a loss at how to improve and more than willing to learn!
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Arati, the changes I suggested are very minimal and subtle. I thought the two strands could get more attention which might simplify the image.

With your permission, here is what I had in mind. Ignore, if this does not work. I lost structure at a few places, gained at a few places. Adjusted brightness a bit. Thats essentially it.
You may need to see the original posted image and this one side by side to the relate to the changes.




I am sure you can do better than this with some more finer processing. I think our brain cares for even couple of pixels.

I put it side by side Ganesh and it was immediately apparent what you had done. Got it!
thank you - and for the BW image too. all a learning experience and a wonderful parallel with storytelling. And how you build out the main characters...

thanks again!

this is breathtakingly beautiful. awesome click

Thank you very much Aparna - and welcome to CNP!
hope you have a lovely time here - full of learning and fun.
best,
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