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The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: Michael West on September 12, 2023, 06:27:52 pm

Title: another coastal farm
Post by: Michael West on September 12, 2023, 06:27:52 pm: (https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53183818235_5fe848669e_b.jpg)
Title: Re: another coastal farm
Post by: francois on September 13, 2023, 02:34:58 am: Beautiful but the life is tough in these coastal regions. Wind must blow very hard. I like the layered landscape with those hills far away.
Well done.
Title: Re: another coastal farm
Post by: Mark Nadler on September 13, 2023, 09:12:44 am: The image feels unbalanced to me. The farm feels like an afterthought.

Mark
Title: Re: another coastal farm
Post by: armand on September 13, 2023, 10:29:08 am: Quote from: Mark Nadler on September 13, 2023, 09:12:44 am
The image feels unbalanced to me. The farm feels like an afterthought.

Mark

Yes and no. I think it's valid as a starting point to see the views that they are getting, and that's the subject of the photo and not the farm by itself.

I would get rid of those sensor dirt spots though.
Title: Re: another coastal farm
Post by: Michael West on September 13, 2023, 12:22:17 pm: Quote from: armand on September 13, 2023, 10:29:08 am
Yes and no. I think it's valid as a starting point to see the views that they are getting, and that's the subject of the photo and not the farm by itself.

I would get rid of those sensor dirt spots though.

the image has no official title.....and the coastal farm was the first thing...that "popped into" my mind .

Ive been thinking about cleaning the sensor for the last year but havent felt that I wanted to risk doing it myself...

Thank you gentlemen.
Title: Re: another coastal farm
Post by: MattBurt on September 13, 2023, 01:29:44 pm: I like the scene but feel like the farm is hanging off the right edge of the frame. I'm guessing there was something less desirable to the right of the farm that needed to be outside the frame. Still a good image but I agree it feels a little unbalanced.
Title: Re: another coastal farm
Post by: RMW on September 13, 2023, 09:35:06 pm: To Everyone,
It is heartening for me to hear how respectful and honest we are with each other's work.
I know some of my own pictures haven't been good and yet the critiques I've received have always been kind and valid.
I hope we continue this way and I hope everyone understands that in the end all we're really offering is our own opinions and the wish to be helpful.
Richard
Title: Re: another coastal farm
Post by: Michael West on September 13, 2023, 10:52:43 pm: Quote from: MattBurt on September 13, 2023, 01:29:44 pm
I like the scene but feel like the farm is hanging off the right edge of the frame. I'm guessing there was something less desirable to the right of the farm that needed to be outside the frame. Still a good image but I agree it feels a little unbalanced.

take two

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53185368627_61ed301c93_b.jpg)
Title: Re: another coastal farm
Post by: Mark Nadler on September 14, 2023, 10:56:44 am: I think the image without the farm is a lot stronger.

Mark
Title: Re: another coastal farm
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on September 14, 2023, 12:17:07 pm: Quote from: Mark Nadler on September 14, 2023, 10:56:44 am
I think the image without the farm is a lot stronger.

Mark

I agree. But I think there are more pictures and compositions in the area, where the farm might feel more like part of the story and context.
Title: Re: another coastal farm
Post by: PeterAit on September 15, 2023, 11:52:18 am: Quote from: Mark Nadler on September 13, 2023, 09:12:44 am
The image feels unbalanced to me. The farm feels like an afterthought.

Mark

I see it a different way. The farm, tucked in the lower corner, makes a statement about humanity's smallness in the face of nature. Without the farm, it would just be another pretty landscape.
Title: Re: another coastal farm
Post by: Michael West on September 15, 2023, 03:08:06 pm: Quote from: PeterAit on September 15, 2023, 11:52:18 am
I see it a different way. The farm, tucked in the lower corner, makes a statement about humanity's smallness in the face of nature. Without the farm, it would just be another pretty landscape.

thanks everybody

im thinking I need to go back out there...its less then thirty miles from where I sit.

I was hunting spots with a friend..which can be a less then. perfect "workflow"