Oh man thats bad

mistermoyogi

I think you have a good start as well....I agree with Mark regarding the use of negative space in such compositions. Good luck with your composition.

Regards,
Tom S.

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bneff

It's a slow morning at the office. While I'm rendering video on the big machine, I played with your forest in Photoshop. Here's a couple a tries at different spacings, positions, etc.


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zen

Ah it's not SO bad, better than my forest, oh wait, I don't have one,...xD
But really once the canopies fill in some it will look much better.

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RedPine

Hi,

Thanks for the virt. As I said in my earlier post I plan to move them to the right side, the left won't work with this slab as it's tapered so all the tree wont fit on the far left. The trees do look better clumped together though,that is what I did with the group in my gallery but wanted these to be completly different.

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bneff

<smacking my forehead> The brain wasn't in full gear, because you did say the right side. Oh well it gave me something to do for a few minutes.

Bill

Candy_J_Shirey

Wes -

If I could give one additional piece of advice on your forest, it would be this: Not only do you want to "group" the trees tighter together, but also vary the spacing between trees. This will make groups within your composition. I often think of a family group when I do this... the dominant tree (father) with less dominant trees (two teenagers) in one clump, then perhaps the second dominant tree (mother) with 3 small (babies) trees. ...or many variations on this theme. This can create a space between the groups that will draw the observer into the composition.

Attached is a photo of my Japanese maple group that demonstrates variable spacing.

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RedPine

Thanks for the help everyone, and that is a nice forest Candy. Some useful tips in here for next time.

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