Morning Walk

by Lori Arnold
(Salt Lake City, Utah USA)

I basically like this photo, it has lots of sensations of a morning walk. The colors are nice, yet somehow, maybe I am just being hard on myself . . . what could make this better?

I love the lighting,.. I just don't know what it is.


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To be honest, I think Lori really is being a bit hard on herself – this is a wonderful photo!

I can almost smell the summer morning as I look into this picture.

Things that make this good include the light and the framing.

First, the framing – this photo has some foreground interest, and the positioning of the trees lead us into the photo too.

What do I mean by this? Look at the tree on the left, then follow the trees into the photo. They move into the photo diagonally.

Diagonals are good for composition!

And the light?

As an early morning shot Lori has captured this scene during the golden hour. This is the hour after sunrise, and the hour before sunset where the light is soft and saturated.

Lori is wondering here if there is anything she could do to improve this photo.

The best suggestion I can offer would be to re-visit the scene on a morning with some fine mist.

We can see some pools of light in Lori's photo where the sun penetrates the leaves and hits the ground.

Imagine if there were some fine mist – we would see shafts of light, and not just the pools.

This effect can be achieved using software, click here to see our shafts of light Photoshop tutorial, and a before and after of Lori's photo.

To be completely honest though, I like this picture as it is. Well done Lori, and thanks for the submission!

Ed.

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