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The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: bobfriedman on February 09, 2019, 11:07:52 am

Title: ragged point winter scene
Post by: bobfriedman on February 09, 2019, 11:07:52 am

Nikon D800E ,Carl Zeiss Otus 1.4/55
6EV HDR f/8.0 at 55.0mm iso200
(http://www.pbase.com/bobfriedman/image/168769184/original.jpg)

Title: Re: ragged point winter scene
Post by: Dave (Isle of Skye) on February 09, 2019, 12:49:14 pm

Bob, I have this thing, and admittedly it might only be MY thing, but I do try to avoid objects touching the edge or following along the edge of an horizon line wherever possible, as it just feels uncomfortable to me for some reason and the rock silhouettes in the bottom of your shot are doing just that.

So do you have a version taken from a slightly different PoV?

But don't worry if you haven't, because as I say, this may not be a 'thing' for you, or for anyone else for that matter  :)

Dave

Title: Re: ragged point winter scene
Post by: bobfriedman on February 09, 2019, 03:03:06 pm

interesting.. doesn't bother me at all.

Title: Re: ragged point winter scene
Post by: nirpat89 on February 09, 2019, 10:33:14 pm

Quote from: Dave (Isle of Skye) on February 09, 2019, 12:49:14 pm

Bob, I have this thing, and admittedly it might only be MY thing, but I do try to avoid objects touching the edge or following along the edge of an horizon line wherever possible, as it just feels uncomfortable to me for some reason and the rock silhouettes in the bottom of your shot are doing just that.

So do you have a version taken from a slightly different PoV?

But don't worry if you haven't, because as I say, this may not be a 'thing' for you, or for anyone else for that matter  :)

Dave

That is something I would struggle with as well.  But I can imagine if one raised the camera height to get the rocks below horizon, perhaps that nice moon might have gone out of the frame or gotten too close to the edge.  And if the camera was lowered to get the rocks to cut above the horizon, there would have been much thinner blue water layer in the picture.  Kind of a tricky shot.  I do like the fact that various elements in the scene balance each other - left to right.

Lovely depiction of the tranquility after sun has gone down and everyone has left the beach (I am assuming this is on the west coast.)

Thanks for sharing.
 

:Niranjan.

Title: Re: ragged point winter scene
Post by: bobfriedman on February 10, 2019, 06:34:11 am

Quote from: nirpat89 on February 09, 2019, 10:33:14 pm

Lovely depiction of the tranquility after sun has gone down and everyone has left the beach (I am assuming this is on the west coast.)

actually east coast just before dawn.   

Title: Re: ragged point winter scene
Post by: nirpat89 on February 10, 2019, 07:00:13 am

Quote from: bobfriedman on February 10, 2019, 06:34:11 am

actually east coast just before dawn.

That was my first thought but then there is a Ragged Point near Big Sur in CA so I thought it can't be dawn.   

Title: Re: ragged point winter scene
Post by: bobfriedman on February 10, 2019, 09:45:34 am

should be "ragged neck point". sorry.

Title: Re: ragged point winter scene
Post by: Peter McLennan on February 10, 2019, 09:49:08 am

I agree with Dave.  I avoid this compositional characteristic whenever possible.