Great collage, I knew when you said you were doing the three trees it was from this location. I was slightly to the left of you so I only got the two trees, and I did a very similar edit on it as the first one in your series.
@taffy The second is my favourite: for me it conveys a lot of the emotional impact of the scene without the distraction of colour which tempts us to regard the 'pretty' aspect and not the essential quality of the image.
@vignouse Interesting...that, to me, is the 'truest' to the emotional feeling of being on site there. I liked the higher contrast because I thought it was more interesting (on the left hand out) and the two color ones were all about pulling something pretty from a very gray day. You picked up on that in some way by choosing #2.
@taffy I should have said all that first time out but I was in the middle of commenting on 60 or so images, which takes time. I came back because I felt guilty that I hadn't done justice to a thoughtful arrangement. We need more critical analysis on 365... it benefits the observer just as much as the recipient.
@vignouse I agree...but I think the sheer quantity (60 plus responses a night) makes it hard, combined with our culture of niceness on the site -- I'm always worried when I provide a critique that I'll either offend or discourage. You have such a supportive tone in your critique -- and it does seem that your friends/followers appreciate it (I know that I do).
