Hey Marnie, Lots to like here. The framing and composition are very good. The road just leads your eyes right up it. The crisscross pattern of the tree shadows on the road is also very cool. Since the sky is mostly broken up by the trees, I don't find it overly distracting. A shot to like, to be sure.
-- Best regards, Bruce Friday, May 20, 2005, 5:24:15 AM, you wrote: Eac> I took this about 3-4 months ago when I was checking out the Mitchell Canyon Eac> area of Mt. Diablo for the upcoming NorCal PDML meet (we went elsewhere). The Eac> CA hills are yellowish brown now, then they were verdant green. Eac> I wasn�t sure I would share this � but this is a quintessential Marnie shot. Eac> I have taken tons of these kinds of photos: late afternoon, tree trunks Eac> backlit to black, dark shadows, trail. So I decided to share it because it IS a Eac> quintessential Marnie shot � romantizing/idealizing nature. I get that way when Eac> walking outdoors. ;-) Eac> I am unsure how distracting the white sky is (which often happens in this Eac> type of shot), and/or how distracting the slightly blown highlights of the white Eac> sky are. Eac> http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/trail1.htm Eac> Comments welcome. Eac> Marnie aka Doe
