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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: stamper on June 13, 2015, 10:00:51 am

Title: Boatyard
Post by: stamper on June 13, 2015, 10:00:51 am

Too busy?

Title: Re: Boatyard
Post by: Kerry L on June 13, 2015, 11:23:41 am

Quote from: stamper on June 13, 2015, 10:00:51 am

Too busy?

Not so much "busy". The fence and especially the double fence are very distracting. It's almost a moiré  effect.

Kerry

Title: Re: Boatyard
Post by: luxborealis on June 13, 2015, 12:26:11 pm

Quote from: stamper on June 13, 2015, 10:00:51 am

Too busy?

Definitely too busy - but it works! After all, what would you expect in a real, working boatyard?!? It also has design and the ramp leading to who knows where.

Title: Re: Boatyard
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 13, 2015, 01:17:23 pm

Too busy for viewers who prefer to grasp everything in an image in the first two seconds.

However, to me, it is about busy-ness, and as I spend time exploring all parts of it, I find it holds together quite well.

Title: Re: Boatyard
Post by: francois on June 15, 2015, 05:11:24 am

If the intent was to show a busy scene, then it work perfectly and I could easily spend a hour looking at all the details of this photo.

Title: Re: Boatyard
Post by: stamper on June 15, 2015, 05:29:27 am

Thanks for the feedback. I was initially attracted by what is in the center of the image and had a crop in mind and then I realized that the information at the left hand side and the right hand side had an important part to play in the scene. So no crop. :)