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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: dwood on July 20, 2009, 12:30:45 pm

Title: Surf and turf
Post by: dwood on July 20, 2009, 12:30:45 pm

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3532/3739358254_9a2c0e9256_o.jpg)

Title: Surf and turf
Post by: wolfnowl on July 21, 2009, 03:23:02 am

I think it's trying to show too much.  I'd probably crop off the top half, above the piece of driftwood on the right side.  the shoreline bedrock is probably the most interesting feature here.

Mike.

Title: Surf and turf
Post by: kaelaria on July 21, 2009, 03:53:19 am

It has no focal point, just looks like a snapshot in the woods.  Try and isolate a subject.  In this case I'm not sure anything in the frame is really that interesting even on it's own.  Maybe a real tight closeup of the rocks?

Title: Surf and turf
Post by: dwood on July 21, 2009, 01:09:55 pm

Thanks guys. Perhaps I'll play around with some different crops.

Title: Surf and turf
Post by: cmi on July 21, 2009, 01:49:48 pm

Quote from: dwood

Thanks guys. Perhaps I'll play around with some different crops.

You might be surprised how small these can get. I can tell from my own cropping experiments

Title: Surf and turf
Post by: DarkPenguin on July 24, 2009, 12:06:39 am

Quote from: wolfnowl

I think it's trying to show too much.  I'd probably crop off the top half, above the piece of driftwood on the right side.  the shoreline bedrock is probably the most interesting feature here.

Mike.

I dunno.  Chopping the bottom to the bedrock kind of works.  Although the tree isn't all that interesting.  This could be one of those that works if it is printed bigger but I'm not seeing it.

I think you're right that the shoreline bedrock is the most interesting feature.