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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: svaughan on April 02, 2006, 03:43:47 pm

Title: Would Like Comments on this
Post by: svaughan on April 02, 2006, 03:43:47 pm
I would like your opinons.  Do you think croping is right on this, or is there too much water toward the bottom?
Title: Would Like Comments on this
Post by: David White on April 02, 2006, 09:04:01 pm
I would have done something along these lines.  The big block of bright space was distracting to me.  A very interesting shot.

-Dave White

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Title: Would Like Comments on this
Post by: wolfnowl on April 02, 2006, 09:32:33 pm
I agree with trimming the bottom off as has been shown... personally I would have liked to see the whole roof in the background (I noticed it wasn't present - was chopped off - in the original photo) to add a frame against the top of the image and to arrest the vertical lines.  It would also continue the roof line frame across the left side.  I do like all of the vertical projections though - an interesting shot indeed!

Mike.
Title: Would Like Comments on this
Post by: svaughan on April 02, 2006, 10:07:14 pm
Thanks for the comments. Actually the original shows the roof top. But I was bothered by the pipes sticking up. Here is another version cropped to show the roof, and less of the bottom. I will have to remove that one disturbing pipe on the right side.

I do agree it shows more of the shadows and lines, and less distracting on the bottom. I'll work with this one a bit more. Thanks slv.
Title: Would Like Comments on this
Post by: svaughan on April 02, 2006, 10:12:48 pm
Pic didn't save correctly. Here is a another cropping version.
Title: Would Like Comments on this
Post by: svaughan on April 02, 2006, 10:20:20 pm
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Pic didn't save correctly. Here is a another cropping version.
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I can't seem to get another version of the pic on this post. Is there a trick to it, or am I just not seeing something obvious?
Title: Would Like Comments on this
Post by: jule on April 03, 2006, 06:04:36 am
Would love to see the whole original photo. Just add the pic the same way you did in your first post.....Browse to find file,...... then - Add this attachment,... then - Add into post. Presto!
Title: Would Like Comments on this
Post by: jule on April 03, 2006, 06:27:23 am
I think the roof has to go. The image feels as if everything is a bit cramped...which is not necessarily a bad thing if you are wanting to portray the boats in a cramped mooring. It just feels a bit squishy to me.

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I rather like the abstract water reflections and have done a few for fun.

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Title: Would Like Comments on this
Post by: wolfnowl on April 03, 2006, 04:13:54 pm
I let Marcia play with it, and this is what she selected.

"The original had too much clutter. I saw the prison quality of the boats...anxious to get out into the water and retained against their will to the confines and constraints of cells."

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Title: Would Like Comments on this
Post by: svaughan on April 05, 2006, 07:26:44 am
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Would love to see the whole original photo. Just add the pic the same way you did in your first post.....Browse to find file,...... then - Add this attachment,... then - Add into post. Presto!
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Hi I have tried that twice now, and it seems like it shows up behind my original. I even renamed it.  Lets try again with the original, no edits.

File name Harbor.jpg

And yes it is a little crooked, had to straigten that out.
Title: Would Like Comments on this
Post by: svaughan on April 05, 2006, 07:28:10 am
Ok, file too big, let me try one more time. I will get this right if it kills me.