Landscape photo critique

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RickSchin

RickSchin

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Hope it's OK to post this here, but there's no landscape critique forum.
I've been camping on public near Granby, CO the last couple of days.
Yesterday I did a hike with my dog and captured this scene.
I liked the contrast of the leafless Aspens and the green grasses and the abstractness of it.
I like the photo but feel it could be better.
I'm hoping to get some opinions from the group.
Thanks in advance.

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Since you were on a walk with your dog, I am assuming you only had that one lens with you? If you had a telephoto lens as well, I think a tight shot of the thick band of trees along the very top would be nice.
 
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Landscapes are a part of Nature, so posting here is fine. Here are my thoughts, but just that. Only thoughts from someone who didn't take the photo. ;)

First, did you try many different compositions? The term often used is "work the scene/subject". I would be interested in seeing other compositions you created. If you wanted an abstract, perhaps not including the road would have made a better composition.

For this scene, I find it a bit flat regarding contrast. Below I lowered the whites to get more detail in the trees, and increased the blacks to add more depth and contrast.

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Then working with only this composition, I tried to find a stronger composition, and came up with this. The road is now a leading line into the image, but I don't know that it is better than the original.
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Fred and Karen, thank you for you input and advice.
I know that this wasn't a great picture but thought maybe with some adjustments and refinements there might be a little something there.

Fred, yes I only had my wide angle lens with me.
I agree with you about the the row of trees in the back.

Karen, I went back and added some more contrast and some other adjustments.
This is what I came up with.

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Karen, thank you.

I do like the new version better.
I think if I work with it a little more it could look even better.
I was thinking of maybe cropping of of the left side more.
I'll let it sit for now and come back to it later.
 
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