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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: fdisilvestro on June 06, 2014, 08:53:00 am

Title: Regatta
Post by: fdisilvestro on June 06, 2014, 08:53:00 am

From a series of pictures taken at the BLiSS regatta a couple of weeks ago, Brighton - Victoria

CxC welcome

Regards

Title: Re: Regatta
Post by: Bob_B on June 06, 2014, 09:04:31 am

Being a sailor, I like the feeling you captured here. You can feel the wind, the boat heeling a bit, the sound of the water moving past the hull. As an amateur photographer, my preference would be to clone out the clouds in the upper right (or crop differently), and maybe lighten up the contrast. That's just me talking as a viewer, not as someone who understand the art of photography. Nonetheless, great image. Thanks for posting.

Bob

Title: Re: Regatta
Post by: seamus finn on June 06, 2014, 01:58:56 pm

Two things: pull it in a little on the right and maybe lower the contrast a small tad. There are two sails and two chimneys - make the most of that.

Title: Re: Regatta
Post by: fdisilvestro on June 06, 2014, 07:47:09 pm

Thanks for your comments,

Bob: I guess you refer to the group of clouds that don't combine with the stratus
Seamus: There is no more to the left, I might use a different aspect ratio (e.g.4:3)

I'll try your suggestions to see if I like it better.

Regards

Title: Re: Regatta
Post by: francois on June 07, 2014, 06:36:19 am

Superb! I love the symmetry of the two sailboats and the background landscape and also the sky.

Title: Re: Regatta
Post by: fdisilvestro on June 08, 2014, 08:58:23 am

Thank you very much Francois  :)