Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: David Eckels on September 22, 2017, 05:10:23 pm
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CnC welcome
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Interesting.
But perhaps a little more breathing space around the tops of the upper poles, might have helped to make the composition feel a little more comfortable?
Dave
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Yes, I see your point, but I'm not that tall! ;D Maybe I could do so creative cropping and content aware filling. Thanks, Dave.
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CnC welcome
You've broken the rule which governs photographs of aged pier supports: the exposure must be at least a minute, to add silk to the water.
Nevertheless, I like it ;)
Jeremy
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You've broken the rule which governs photographs of aged pier supports: the exposure must be at least a minute, to add silk to the water.
:-) good one.
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You've broken the rule which governs photographs of aged pier supports: the exposure must be at least a minute, to add silk to the water.
Nevertheless, I like it ;)
Jeremy
Well said Jeremy, you have hit the nail fully on the head with that statement, yet there is something about this well worn cliche that we all seem unable to resist whenever we see it. So let me add a couple of my own cliched shots in this style to this thread ;)
Dave
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Isn't breaking rules fun sometimes? I was going to add a gaussian blur to just the water ;) but instead opted to add a little content aware space a la Dave's original critique. I might have another go at a different approach, but we'll see.
Modified: I like this edit better using the PS Crop tool with Content-Aware checked.
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Much improved, David.
The content-aware tools are my favorites in PS. I do pretty much everything else in LightRoom.
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Isn't breaking rules fun sometimes? I was going to add a gaussian blur to just the water ;) but instead opted to add a little content aware space a la Dave's original critique. I might have another go at a different approach, but we'll see.
Modified: I like this edit better using the PS Crop tool with Content-Aware checked.
Yes this feels a lot more comfortable, don't you agree?
I used to tell my workshoppers that once you have found your composition and worked out all your settings etc, then after filling the frame with it and taking your first few shots, then pull back (zoom out) a little to give it a bit more space to breathe.
Dave
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I used to tell my workshoppers that once you have found your composition and worked out all your settings etc, then after filling the frame with it and taking your first few shots, then pull back (zoom out) a little to give it a bit more space to breathe.
I learned a lot from my trip to Iceland with Kevin et al last year, but that particular point was perhaps the most valuable.
Jeremy
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Allowing the composition to breath better represents the experience of being at the shore.
Menacing the Pier with the top edge brings the Pier forward into the viewer's space and selects these materials to the exclusion of their place of origin.
I liked it better that way.
Bruce