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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Richard Pearlman on June 22, 2014, 08:51:36 am

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Post by: Richard Pearlman on June 22, 2014, 08:51:36 am

Comments and critiques are appreciated.

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Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on June 22, 2014, 10:13:04 am

I am tempted to suggest to crop the horizon out, as the eye quickly skips the muted foreground and rushes to the strongest highlight in the picture, upper right.

Title: Re: Muted
Post by: Richard Pearlman on June 22, 2014, 01:31:11 pm

I tried cropping it, but something feels wrong when I do.

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Post by: Walt Roycraft on June 22, 2014, 08:10:21 pm

Agree with Slobodon, crop out the horizon and you have a much stronger image.

Title: Re: Muted
Post by: Richard Pearlman on June 22, 2014, 09:41:26 pm

Thanks, Walt and Slobodan. Here is the cropped version.

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Post by: Paulo Bizarro on June 23, 2014, 03:43:29 am

I prefer the original version, the cropped one just ends up being too drab/dull?

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Post by: luxborealis on July 01, 2014, 12:06:41 am

Why?

The discussion about whether or not to keep or crop the horizon has everything to do with why you photographed the scene in the first place. What was your goal? What were you trying to communicate?

Keeping the bright horizon accentuates the muted foreground. Yes, one's eye rushes to the brightest point, Slobodan, but then it "relaxes" and starts to wander through the rest of the photo.

Perhaps the "weakness" (if it can be called that) is that there isn't much in the rest of the photo to appreciate other than the replication of shape, tone and colour. But, if that's what you were after, Richard, then you've succeeded!

Title: Re: Muted
Post by: stamper on July 01, 2014, 03:23:26 am

I think there is a difference between muted and underexposed. Imo this is just underexposed. :(