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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: stamper on December 08, 2012, 06:27:47 am

Title: Beached
Post by: stamper on December 08, 2012, 06:27:47 am

I am not sure if this works?

Title: Re: Beached
Post by: degrub on December 08, 2012, 10:34:24 am

My eye goes straight across the bay to the light. The trailer seems lost in the busy foreground and water.

Title: Re: Beached
Post by: Tony Jay on December 08, 2012, 03:18:37 pm

The foreground is strong and full of interest.
The middle ground - the water - works well.
The background seems to be very weak with very little to balance the composition.
The lights on the far shore do draw the eye across the water - not a bad thing in itself - however there is nothing of real interest to keep the attention there.

I am not sure how the colour version would look.

Those of us who shoot landscapes regularly probably have several images like it - the almost but not quite result.
Well worth posting though.

Tony Jay

Title: Re: Beached
Post by: francois on December 09, 2012, 04:31:23 am

I' seeing this photo as two images (or two subjects). My eyes either stay on the trailer or forget the the trailer and stay on the water and distant landscape.

Title: Re: Beached
Post by: stamper on December 09, 2012, 05:05:47 am

Thanks for the feedback. The doubts raised mirror my thoughts. I think anyone seeing it that knows the scene might like it better.