Couldn’t make my mind up which side the tree should be so took one of each. Slightly different treatment for each. (Digital convert to black and white).
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Stephen G Hipperson
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Couldn’t make my mind up which side the tree should be so took one of each. Slightly different treatment for each. (Digital convert to black and white).
——-Stephen——
Stephen G Hipperson 
I prefer it to the left. It’s a cleaner composition with less shrubbery and the shape of the arches are better. I also prefer the second tree (closer to the viaduct) as it helps draw the eye in and its shape ‘mirrors’ the foreground tree. The first image just seems ‘sharper’ all round to me – and I don’t mean focussing! 🙂
Thank you for your views Noeline!
My natural inclination is towards the one with the tree on the left – of course I haven’t lost the option of flipping the other one but then it wouldn’t be ‘real’.
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Merci!
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I agree with Noeline, the arches are a focal point in the image, and in #2, they’re too obscured.
Also, great mood and B&W treatment. 🙂
Thank you. One of the reasons I went for the second was the tree in the middle ground to give more of a ‘walk through’ image.
i like the one ,good black and white
Thank you.
I turn many of my image to black and white – I find it easier to work with.
I prefer the tree on the right. Because my eye naturally enters the photo on the left, in the top one I see the tree and then follow the line of the aquaduct straight out of the frame with nothing to draw me back. In the bottom one the tree grabs my attention first, then the aquaduct and the juxtaposition of both adds a little more interest and mystery to the photo and my eye stays within the frame … for me at least. We all see things differently, don’t we?
Lynne, you’ve captured some of the reasons why I chose the composition.. I tried to give the tree in the middle ground a little more density and lift the frost on the trees under the viaduct but to do it properly would take a little while and noise started to become a problem.
Very nice, both of them Stephen. I couldn’t decide either although Noeline makes a good point as does Lynne so where does that leave us..? 😐
Scrap them both I guess! 😉
Return visit, use a wider focal length, stick the big tree in the middle. and have both sides (only kidding).
I’m like Chillbrook, can’t decide. Although, they’re not really the same thing, I think: in the first image the relationship is between the tree and the aqueduct, whereas in the second it’s more between the trees in the background and the tree in the foreground. My two cents, anyway.
The second has more visual interest but lacks composition, perhaps.
I like the tree on the left shot better. I see more of the viaduct and there are no distractions. Nicer balance.
Thank you!
Am not gonna be v helpful as far as deciding which one’s the *better* picture I’m afraid [for what it’s worth though, I like to follow the flow of a picture backwards and so would opt for the tree on the right guiding my eye to the left…..] but was just wondering where this is? We’re from North Wales with World Heritage Status aqueducts & viaducts [http://www.pontcysyllte-aqueduct.co.uk/] and the one on your picture looks a little bit like the one near………………….Chirk? ^_^
Great work by the way!
It’s a pleasure to hear from you!
This is not the one near Chirk (unusual name), but one near the outskirts of Harrogate. I suspect they were all built around the same sort of period, in the great age of steam.
Though I like them both, I think I’d go with the second one, tree to the right… 😉
🙂
Viaduct? Vy not a chicken?
🙂 🙂 – ’cause it was busy crossing the road!
I prefer the first one – more clear composition and with the viaduct as a main object.
🙂 – Thanks for your input, much appreciated!
Can’t make up my mind on this. I like the tree on the left but I also like the tree in the middle distance in the second photo.
🙂 – thanks Simon. That’s the crux of my dilemma.
It’s a hard call but I think I prefer the first image with the tree to the left. Like someone above said, it’s a cleaner composition. Love the vintage feel to these shots, nice conversion.
Thanks!
I like the first pic because the viaduct shows much more clearly. BTW, this is remarkably like a massive railway bridge in the Canadian province of Alberta (where I live). Even the trees remind me of the landscape near the railway bridge. Amazing!
Thank you!
We have a fair number of structures like this scattered around about. Part of the great Victorian railway expansion.
lovely and moody, the trees look lonely and isolated
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I like them both a lot, they create a different atmosphere, it’s almost like it is two separate places. Well done.
Thank you!
I like the first one with the tree on the left.
Thanks Thomas!