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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: PSA DC-9-30 on March 16, 2013, 11:53:30 pm

Title: Kelp
Post by: PSA DC-9-30 on March 16, 2013, 11:53:30 pm

Shot near Pacific Grove, California

(http://69.195.124.84/~kevinjca/wp-content/gallery/travel-and-scenic-preview/preview-california-17.jpg)

Title: Re: Kelp
Post by: Riaan van Wyk on March 17, 2013, 06:08:04 am

I'm not sure about the composition, I get the idea but there isn't enough in the foreground to keep my attention neither is there in the background due to the shallow depth of field.

Title: Re: Kelp
Post by: sdwilsonsct on March 17, 2013, 02:49:31 pm

The patterns in the backlit kelp are really nice, as is the chaos of seaweed surrounding it. Closer might have been better. A little higher to avoid the reflections behind? Worth returning to.

Title: Re: Kelp
Post by: David Eckels on March 18, 2013, 07:54:22 pm

For me, that big brown nipply thing in the lower right is too similar to the backlit kelp. I think the advice to reshoot, recompose, and revisit is all great. If it was me, I would want to play with different DOF (shallower) to emphasize the yellow kelp, but not so far that the background was completely blurred.