Tree

Tree

This photo shows traces of human use, a storage building left abandoned and the only entrance boarded up. The green fence added at a later date to keep people out shows it's just been left and forgotten about. It's probably on a list of buildings to be demolished, just sat the waiting to be torn down, not that anyone would really care, however the photo does show a lack of care and really does ring true to how people forget about places. The time of year also helps add to this sense of abandonment and dullness, the trees being bare shows a lack of life and the overall dull colours create a slight sense of gloom.

Visually I'm not fond of this image at all, I feel the composition is too forced, too stereotypical, I hate how the branches of the tree arch perfectly over the roof of the building. The lighting also looks forced, the tree and fooor looks as though it's been lit by a flashgun being fired directly at the subject. This was not the case at all, it was just the natural lighting and the tree is generally a very light tree, something I didn't see when taking the photo. If I was to use flash, I'd balance it with the ambient lighting making it seem natural, not fire it as though it was shot on a full auto mode on a DSLR with a pop up flash. The building could have some potential however I feel it lends itself too easily to being 'bleak' and 'abandoned'. This is something I don't like as it doesn't show me pushing myself as a photographer.

There are a few things I do like about this image, these being a nice depth to the image, from foreground to background with a wide variety of highlights through to shadows. The photo does also lead your eye around the frame, by the tree branch. There are also some nice tones of green on the far right. But these are all superficial features that don't even come close to it being a good photo.

What to take from this photo?

- don't be pretty, the framing is too conventional and it's a too easy photograph

- check lighting, although this is all ambient, it looks forced in a horrible way

- push yourself further and be ruthless, don't waste film on photos that are mediocre.

- no real depth to the photo, nothing to hold onto, nothing uncanny. Too easy and pretty.