Critique Required Mood?

[Stevenson Gawen]

I'm not sure what I've got here...
I was going for an idyllic sunny/shady sort of mood, but it seems to have come out feeling very dark. Or am I just feeling under the weather?

 

[Gianluca Drago]

It has an ancient appearance (I know, the camera is an old digital), suggestive in its own way, but as you say it is not comforting. Maybe B&W? I'm just saying.

 

[Stevenson Gawen]

Thanks Gianluca. Glad it's not just me! Honestly, I'm always happy to just write off a photo as a learning experience and carry on, but I'm just not sure about this one. Maybe the forest is just one of those places that seem to have their own mood, at least to a suggestable human

 

[Bill Watts]

Please accept that I am no expert and my opinion is worth little, however I think the photo is a little too contrasty and dark. I would be looking for a witches cottage made of gingerbread around here! The time of day and direction of the light would make a difference, perhaps, if the location permits, with the sun more behind the camera?

 

[Bill Watts]

On further thought if you want to go really moody then late in the day with the setting rays of the sun highlighting a patch of foliage?

 

[Brian Moore]

For what it's worth I find forests very difficult to photograph.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

For what it's worth I find forests very difficult to photograph.

I agree 100%, but Steve knows how to capture forests. I suppose in this case the camera sensor is to blame.

 

[Stevenson Gawen]

Please accept that I am no expert and my opinion is worth little, however I think the photo is a little too contrasty and dark. I would be looking for a witches cottage made of gingerbread around here! The time of day and direction of the light would make a difference, perhaps, if the location permits, with the sun more behind the camera?

Thanks Bill! Yes... It was the way the light caught the small trees that caught my eye but yes I'm sure it could be very different at different times day. Hm.

I find forests very difficult to photograph.

Thanks Brian. They can be temperamental can't they?

, but Steve knows how to capture forests. I suppose in this case the camera sensor is to blame.

Ha! Thanks for the compliment, Gianluca, but no, I take the blame. A better camera than the old E400 would certainly make it easier to process, but the composition and concept is on me.
Just not one of my best efforts

 

[Gianluca Drago]

I take the blame

Let me disagree.

 

[Stevenson Gawen]

Let me disagree.

Ok!

 

[Tony Warren]

I think you were attracted by the mood of the place. It was probably the ferns and side lit trees in the lower centre so maybe as someone once said, if you are not satisfied with a photo you weren't close enough. I beleive he was a war photographer so he should know!