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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Jeremy Roussak on April 14, 2012, 07:56:23 am

Title: bucolic
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on April 14, 2012, 07:56:23 am
Comments?

Jeremy
Title: Re: bucolic
Post by: RSL on April 14, 2012, 09:21:03 am
Very nice, Jeremy. A low sun can do great things in a photograph.
Title: Re: bucolic
Post by: popnfresh on April 14, 2012, 10:02:36 am
It has a mildly surreal quality that I like, and the sheep almost look like they were cloned in.
Title: Re: bucolic
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 14, 2012, 02:03:08 pm
It has a mildly surreal quality that I like, and the sheep almost look like they were cloned in.
I agree. When I first looked at it, I immediately started moving the sheep around (in my mind).
I didn't really find a better location for them.
Title: Re: bucolic
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on April 14, 2012, 02:20:44 pm
It would be more visually bucolic without the bright sheep in the leftmost corner, too distracting and unbalanced. Content Aware Fill, anyone?

Alternatively, I would play with a square composition, eliminating the right tree, but keeping the sheep... seems more balanced, to me at least.
Title: Re: bucolic
Post by: RSL on April 14, 2012, 02:27:45 pm
Yeah, I think Slobodan's right. That sheep on the left belongs in the upper right corner of the picture. That would create a nice diagonal through the limbs of the tree on the left up to the sheep. The rules of composition would make it a winner.
Title: Re: bucolic
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on April 14, 2012, 02:38:48 pm
Yeah, I think Slobodan's right. That sheep on the left belongs in the upper right corner of the picture. That would create a nice diagonal through the limbs of the tree on the left up to the sheep. The rules of composition would make it a winner.

Damn! Why didn't I think of that!?

P.S. Russ, are you trying to out-sarcasm me? :)
Title: Re: bucolic
Post by: RSL on April 14, 2012, 03:27:24 pm
That would be impossible, Slobodan, so I wouldn't even try.
Title: Re: bucolic
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on April 15, 2012, 02:03:36 pm
Yeah, I think Slobodan's right. That sheep on the left belongs in the upper right corner of the picture. That would create a nice diagonal through the limbs of the tree on the left up to the sheep. The rules of composition would make it a winner.
OK, I understand now. I had mused on the nearmost sheep's presence; and CAF is indeed a wondrous thing.

Here are (in order):

 - one for Slobodan;
 - another for Slobodan (yes, a few branches need to be deleted);
 - one for Russ (please add a big red line showing the diagonal, Russ, in case I've made a mistake);
 - and one for Monty Python (see here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=Vkw2DdoskPY)).

Jeremy

PS: no sheep were cloned in the making of the original image, and none harmed in the subsequent foolery either.
Title: Re: bucolic
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on April 15, 2012, 02:11:34 pm
Now, if only you would do the Monty Python one as a square... :P

In all seriousness, I find the #2 (square) the most balanced.