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The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: RMW on February 09, 2023, 10:51:17 pm

Title: Small Canal near Little Lagoon
Post by: RMW on February 09, 2023, 10:51:17 pm

St.Tammany Parish
La., USA
2022

Title: Re: Small Canal near Little Lagoon
Post by: francois on February 10, 2023, 10:50:12 am

Pristine, calm and relaxing… I love it but have one thing that I'm not sure about and it's the tip of your canoe (bottom-right). I don't know whether it's a positive or a negative thing…
Anyway, well done!

Title: Re: Small Canal near Little Lagoon
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on February 11, 2023, 01:25:41 pm

I quite agree with Francois. The scene is appealing but compositionally the red tip of the canoe seems not to be in the best place, to my way of thinking.

Title: Re: Small Canal near Little Lagoon
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 11, 2023, 07:53:02 pm

I rather like it.
And the canoe doesn't bother me.

Title: Re: Small Canal near Little Lagoon
Post by: Mark Nadler on February 11, 2023, 08:02:09 pm

The problem with the canoe is that it looks like it is in the scene accidentally.

mark

Title: Re: Small Canal near Little Lagoon
Post by: petermfiore on February 12, 2023, 08:32:48 am

The canoe tells a story. Without it it just another photo.

Peter

Title: Re: Small Canal near Little Lagoon
Post by: RMW on February 12, 2023, 02:29:24 pm

Thank you Francois, Rajan, Eric, Mark, and Peter.

I'm grateful for all your points of view concerning the boat. And glad to stir up a valid discussion about content and composition.

I included the boat because its red shining deck was catching the low light so well, because I had a 15mm lens on, and because it was in an unexpected place from where I would've usually preferred.

One of the benefits to me, and that I appreciate immensely, is putting up a foto I'm puzzled about and getting comments that are instructive from photographers I admire.

Every comment you've all made I can agree with. Which means there's no absolute right or wrong as far as I'm concerned.

I'll just have to accept the uncertainty in photography. What else can I do?

Richard

Title: Re: Small Canal near Little Lagoon
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 12, 2023, 04:58:09 pm

Well put, Richard!

Title: Re: Small Canal near Little Lagoon
Post by: nokk on February 14, 2023, 05:15:03 pm

 a very serene view.  would make a nice place for a picnic.

Title: Re: Small Canal near Little Lagoon
Post by: MattBurt on February 14, 2023, 06:52:55 pm

Nice scene but I'd also prefer either more or less of the boat to show you either wanted to include it or not.

Title: Re: Small Canal near Little Lagoon
Post by: RMW on February 16, 2023, 02:56:57 pm

Matt.
Thanks for the good comment.
Still undecided about the boat. And if it stays more of it surely looks like the right way to go.
Richard