Tree in the spinifex

[Toddyh]

Exactly as the title says

[wigz]

Nice colour and and I like the contrast between the dead tree and the grass, but the out of focus trunk at right detracts for me. The horizon appears to be tilted too.

[Toddyh]

Thanks Alan. It's deceptive but that tree is actually several metres long. I was trying the choose an aperture that would make the tree pop against the background and may have gone a bit too far.
The horizon part is actualy the row of trees in the background being on an angle - the ones on the right side are closer than on the left.

How's this?

[wigz]

That's an improvement for me. you could also try cropping from the the right and a bit less from the bottom; While it wouldn't remove all of the blur, it would reduce the impact. The tilted look is reinforced by the tree in the right background, which could be leaning.

[seaslug]

Have to agree that it doesn’t really work well. I understand what you were trying to show but IMO perhaps another angle would have given both the contrast you were after and also a better illustration of the size of the tree. I reserve my comment on the possible tilt as there is no horizon as such.

[Toddyh]

Thanks guys. Appreciate the feedback.