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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 40 |
Dec 20 |
Comment |
I'm jealous you were able to capture this, this sense of water merging with sky. I've seen this a couple of times in my life, once after hiking the Spanish portion of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela and ending up in Finisterre, which the Romans thought was the end of the Earth (so the story goes), partly because you saw the ocean blend into the sky like that.
The others have valid comments, but from me, kudos for capturing this hard to catch environnmental moment. |
Dec 20th |
| 40 |
Dec 20 |
Comment |
I like this picture very much and like Andrew said, it makes me want to go there.
Others have made interesting comments so I won't repeat them. I think the word you did cloning the cables out is stellar.
I do feel the terraced hill is heavy in the frame. I don't know how to explain what I'm trying to say. Just a general sense that the mass is off. Maybe if there had been more sky.
But it is lovely and tells a story and induced a sense of yearning in me, so in that sense it is a successful foto. |
Dec 20th |
| 40 |
Dec 20 |
Comment |
It's street photography and it tells a story. I've been to Venice nearly a dozen times (I used to go to a conference there every year when I lived in Europe), so I know this walk well. You have done a great job of having a great curving diagonal through your frame and capturing a momet that tells a story.
What's striking is how differently the figure in green is dressed compared to the throng of tourists behind her.
If you were to go back, I would suggest parking yourself on that walkway or one like it, with a long lens, maybe two cameras, and wait to see what happens, Bresson style. Andrew's suggestion to hold the camera on its side would also have yielded interesting results. So plan on doing that post-Covid! I'll wait! |
Dec 20th |
| 40 |
Dec 20 |
Comment |
The drama in this very dramatic picture is all in the sky. The trees in the foreground tell us "yes, this is real, not doctored." It really conveys the danger and heavy weight of despair.
Rather than do a lot of cloning, I'm wondering if cropping to a more square shape and keeping the left, including one tree, would work.
I didn't mind the cars, but I do see how they could be distracting since they are bright white. |
Dec 20th |
| 40 |
Dec 20 |
Comment |
The common expectation of bird photographs is that there be separation. This image violates that 'rule,' but I think it works. I especially like the sharp diagonal line of one bird's wing to the other's. That diagonal would be lost if the crop were any different.
It doesn't feel cropped to close to me, because the focus is entirely on the bird's interaction, which likes like a punch in a fight. You want to be close enough to see the expression in their eyes.It helps that we have an even blue-blur for the background.
I do have a 77mm polarizer, and yes, it cost a pretty penny though I took advantage of some sale or discount. I find it essential for shooting outside in bright sun or in the glare of a cloudy day. However, if you'd had one, you would not have achieved that bokeh effect on the water. |
Dec 11th |
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