Gaetan Manuel  


Tree's Top Meeting by Gaetan Manuel

March 2023 - Tree's Top Meeting

About the Image(s)

The photo was taken on a sunny day with a Nikon D700 fitted with a 24-70mm f2.8 lens at 44mm. The exposure time was 1/250s and aperture f/10. The location is in the north of Mauritius. Edited with LR.


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9 comments posted




Paul Bradley   Paul Bradley
The tree is perfectly framing the subject vehicle, and we have a frame within a frame. From the tree back to the mountains is a nice transition. The area in the foreground to the tree is slightly out of focus, I think either changing the depth of field or maybe some sharpening would help. Nice timing on the placing of the vehicle.   Posted: 03/15/2023 10:21:13



Tom McCreary   Tom McCreary
Perfectly done image of this great location. Perfect time of day, as the shade from the trees in only under the trees, as is perfect timing to have the vehicle under the trees. The mountains in the background shown through the arch is also good and shows that you selected a good location to take the photo from. Nit picking, but if you could lighten the vehicle some to show more detail it would help.   Posted: 03/15/2023 13:43:56



Rich Sears   Rich Sears
Interesting framing, Gaetan. Subject and background sufficiently in focus, foreground a bit soft. Nice fully saturated bright colors. I have taken the liberty of attaching a tighter perspective, just for conversation.
  Posted: 03/19/2023 13:53:04
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Tom McCreary   Tom McCreary
I like this, it focuses more on the tree arch.   Posted: 03/22/2023 08:59:06



Gaetan Manuel   Gaetan Manuel
Thanks Rich. This is another way of seeing things. Looks better!   Posted: 03/20/2023 11:53:29



Tony Tam   Tony Tam
Very good idea to use two big trees formed a hole as picture frame. I am not sure the car under the shade or outside under the sunlight better. I would try to move car out as shown on my copy. Personally, I prefer the car sitting outside of the shade.   Posted: 03/22/2023 13:35:08
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Tom McCreary   Tom McCreary
That is an interesting idea. It adds more interest to the car.   Posted: 03/26/2023 09:46:06



Barbara Mallon   Barbara Mallon
My first thought was the car is on the wrong side of the road. Then I noticed the lovely arch. Your photo tells the whole story. I am not sure if cropping from the bottom or left side would improve it. I would darken or burn the clouds. They distract.   Posted: 03/23/2023 18:07:54
Gaetan Manuel   Gaetan Manuel
In Maurtitius, we ride the British way: on the left!   Posted: 03/26/2023 09:51:07