I just want to add something. Your modesty about being one of 15,000+ photographers to try this is appreciated, but this image stands apart from the vast majority of "zoomy" landscape images - which are not as easy to do well as some may think. There are a number of reasons that this photograph works so well: the minimal quality of the composition, the central focus on the mountain, the way that lines emanate from it and converge on it, the wonderful color palette, the balance between abstraction and the underlying "real" forms on the scene.
You created something that is not just another trick with a zoom. To me, it is a very beautiful photograph.
When I said consider it stolen I didn't mean just the "zoomy" part. I meant the palette and tonality as well. I've done the zoom trick a bit but this is definitely different. Kudos on a well conceived and executed shot. (I'm not going to try and replicate it, don't worry but it did remove as blinder I had on in regards to how this technique can be used.
gdanmitchell wrote:
I just want to add something. Your modesty about being one of 15,000+ photographers to try this is appreciated, but this image stands apart from the vast majority of "zoomy" landscape images - which are not as easy to do well as some may think. There are a number of reasons that this photograph works so well: the minimal quality of the composition, the central focus on the mountain, the way that lines emanate from it and converge on it, the wonderful color palette, the balance between abstraction and the underlying "real" forms on the scene.
You created something that is not just another trick with a zoom. To me, it is a very beautiful photograph.
