Path to the light

[miztli]

I will appreciate your comments for the following picture



Picture was taken with a Super Ikomat C camera with a 105mm Tessar lens

Thanks

[ImageMaker]

I'd like to see more DOF in it; it looks like it was front-focused instead of hyperfocal (as it would pretty much need to be for the depth in the scene), but there's no distinct subject that would call for the focus being at the nearest plane of what's in view.  It seems a little soft overall, too, but that might be a scanning artifact; a Tessar should certainly be capable of more sharpness in the plane of focus.  I'd also be tempted to burn the upper right corner a bit, if there's anything on the negative to bring in (i.e. if it wouldn't just show as a dead gray after burning in).

The truncated diagonal composition does a good job of drawing the eye into the scene, though, and then the elliptical shape made by the dark areas around the end of the visible trail helps the eye circulate and take in the details.

[Julio1fer]

The composition and tonalities are nice, the elements I like most are the diagonal of the trail and the two planes of the landscape, the trail area and the soft background, well separated.

If I have to critique, I would say that the photo would be improved by a center of interest, such as cars, animals or people walking on the trail, or a foreground element. Ideally, this center of interest should be just besides the tree, since that seems to be the center of gravity of the picture.

Great work with a classic camera, nonetheless.