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| Leica Q-P, ISO 100, f/11.0, 1/640s, -1.0 EV, 28mm |
note: the original picture is un-cropped and unedited. This one has half the resolution.
Postmortem (why this picture worked for me)
- The main leading line, highway starts with a strong cue, the yellow car.
- Then the road takes our eyes to an easy ride in the city direction.
- The road, the landscape and the sky are in equal footing. All three have different and equally likeable elements.
- It is important that the road's centre nearly starts off from the lower left corner which was crucial to this picture's success. Should it were slightly higher or lower it wouldn't be so successful.
- There are no ugly elements like trucks or too many grey cars piled up.
- There are no distractions like a nearby wall or a light pole.
- Vehicle density is just right. It is not congested traffic.
- Clouds have perspective, they diminish towards horizon. You don't have this effect very often. Incidentally they make another interesting layer cutting through the sky extending the leading lines on the ground with a white plane in the sky.
- It has exceptionally well balanced dynamic range (wide range of tones), it is neither too dark nor too bright, as its histogram shows:
