Jim,
Thanks for the feedback. Matches my internal critique.
My take is nice, pleasant scene but not much to keep returning to.
I did take a series from this estate, mostly pointed more to the right, down the hills and valleys. But they were meh. Got to return when the colors are more vibrant.
I often come across scenes like this that are lovely to look at but don't translate into a compelling photograph. It happened to me just last week. I was at Magnolia Plantation in Charleston, SC. There's a wildlife viewing tower that overlooks a marsh of sawgrass with the river beyond. The breeze was blowing and you could see the sawgrass bending in waves. It was lovely, but would not render well in a photo.
First, I was there at the wrong time of day. The light was flat and uninteresting. It was a brilliant, cloudless day so the sky was just a blue expanse. I did a few record frames, both with wide angle and telephoto, but the photos lack interest. I made a mental note to try to return at a better time of day and on a day with a more interesting sky. I'd love to me there when a storm is brewing.
Bob, Doug thanks.
Seems like this is one of many images we all produce. And not every scene can be spectacular.
For critique sake, I guess the main issues besides the "content" is how well the particular scene was "executed". Any obvious improvements in crop, processing?
Yes, I must agree - one of those lovely-being-there-moments we all have that rarely translates into a compelling image. Like many of my captures from Savannah
Composition: for me the leading lines move the eye off the image and I want to see what is not there to the right, if that makes any sense. I don't know that cropping, a vignette, or anything else would minimize the effect other than introduce visual noise into an already visually active image, with the vegetation, color, and all.
Think that is about all I can offer in the way of critique,
sbeme wrote:
Jim,
Thanks for the feedback. Matches my internal critique.
My take is nice, pleasant scene but not much to keep returning to.
I did take a series from this estate, mostly pointed more to the right, down the hills and valleys. But they were meh. Got to return when the colors are more vibrant.
Scott
I agree with Jim, you, & me / us / them Jim , I am so confused,
Kent did the only thing I would have suggested, crop the bottom. The nature of the photo doesn't lend to allowing major changes. Looks like he bumped the contrast as well. It's more a matter of taste than an improvement per se.
I think the crop addresses Bob's point. The strong angular shadows pull the eye away from the main subject. In my mind they were a secondary interest/subject but it seems they competed too much.
Jim , I am so confused, 
