* Wednesday C&C "No Theme" Thread #786 / Revived #006 on 2023 05 10 *

Exactly as Minniev has said. Everyone needs to see this as a quality print. The centre tones may very well be perfect. Again, as Minniev has said, tonal subtlety like this can't be made out on screens and certainly not on the small traveling laptop I'm looking at now.
A further bouquet for the stem angling to the lower right. Perfect. A smudge of light to suggest no more than the line. The soft focus means we are aware of it whereas hard focus would have drawn our attention away.

*I prefer the interpretation by Rich. The smaller number of horizontal lines and especially the continuation of the lines as they bend around curves and make their way back, creates more interesting forms than the straight lines truncated at each end in the second shot. I'm glad that the second shot was posted, it made it easier to explain what I was liking in the first shot.
You need a good eye to see the possibilities for a photo in a mundane subject. I enjoy shots that make me look at the everyday and open my eyes.
Sometimes photos need words to give context. With this image Rich I feel that your text is superfluous. If it can be done, maybe let the viewer enjoy making the associations for themselves. *

I must have seen too many BBC costume dramas. With no hesitation I saw a rear view of a woman in a bustle. No correspondence about my mental state will be entered in to. Photography as fun and another shot where we acknowledge the photographer's sharp eye.

Jim says it just right. It is what I was saying less concisely about what I liked about his use of the framing technique in his posts from this week.
Applying it to Mike's shots here we can see the borders contribution to the various elements.
Example. Shot 2, the help break the image into two parts expressing totally different pleasures at the same beach.
Shot 3. The soloist gains stature of his own courtesy of the bends in the framing.
And so on.

By the way, the guy with the white hair posing for the photographer is Kim Weston, Cole's son, and Edward's grandson.

Also, conventional wisdom is that stitched panos don't work for moving subjects. As you can see, I don't buy that.

I like people who go against conventional wisdom, break the rules and make me look and think twice.

I meant to add in my previous comment this thought: I once had the privileged to have one of my photos critiqued by Vincent Versace. His comment was "Patterns are interesting. Patterns interrupted are even more interesting." I think that applies here. The leaning pole is the pattern interrupted. It makes me concentrate even more on the precision of the vertical poles and your carefully chosen camera position.

👏 YES and YES and YES! Thank you very much. I like that as well. I'm not saying that everyone has to do that, but when I see something which is out of the norm in a creative way, it can be very inspiring.

@JimKasson I love the floating hand in that picture. It's wonderful.

Totally agree with that - it's a great image and the leaning pole makes it even more interesting and impressive! Very well done.

Only thing I'd consider personally:

either enhance the colors a little more

or make it B&W

Thanks. When I do those fast handheld panos, I sometimes let some stitching errors remain.

I read that as day and night. Answer for night is only if someone comes along with a big floodlight...
Then I saw day and light and thought typo. But now I am thinking that was your intent. Answer is yes. I have already revisited and got some sharper pics in a bit more light - also afternoon. But I have been struggling to get the highlight / shadow balance to my satisfaction (compared to the one above) on the latter ones. I am not masking, just full pic, as is my level of experience.
I often find myself shooting later afternoon in lower light (not by design - although I know it is one the golden hours). It was a problem at first but now I am playing with pp, I am finding some very pleasing tones.

The diagonal pole breaks what might otherwise have been a monotonous pic. The 45 degree view captures an evenly laid out structure as poles in successive rows are pretty much hidden - good job by the farmer and well spotted by you. I remembered the scene from my childhood as they are grown not too far from where I grew up, with the same high poles and wires.

Seeing what SJ had done, I thought I might try and see what I could do with my newly acquired but minimal pp skills.
I boosted contrast and saturation and achieved about the same as SJ, but then took out a chunk of highlight and added a dash of shadow. If I may say I think it adds some depth to the view and brings the hills and mountain into relief a bit.

Thanks so much. With your color edit, you've added just enough pop to enhance, but not overwhelm. For me, the b&w would work a little better if there were no clouds or mountain - just the more graphical lines and ground. I very much appreciate your time and interest!

Yes, thanks; you figured out my not-so-clear comment 😁 Different light...which for me would mean using the angle of sun - such as lower from the side - to help bring out textures or using shadows to define the shapes. This might not be possible with the location, time of year or other factors - including your own interests and goals. From your reply, it sounds like you've been able to achieve the details and tones you were looking for. Very gratifying!

Thanks so much, Bryan. Your edit makes the poles stand out sharply, even with the more detailed background. Sometimes I have a difficult time deciding on a "final" look, then I realize there's no need to choose. Print 'em all 😁

Love the B&W suggestion.

The verticals on this are terrific! The focus on the woman in the bottom right leads the eye in, and then the window frames draw the eye around the rest of the frame.

Looks like you make your own iconic landscapes, Minnie! The colors, the sweep of the land, the light-to-dark shading from left to right. I can’t see anything to improve.