Activity for User 865 - LuAnn Thatcher - luann.thatcher@winternet.com

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62 Apr 19 Comment This is a very interesting perspective for a sea side photograph. I believe there is a good amount of texture and shape to look at and ponder ones personal thoughts in this scene. I appreciate the dark and moody feel the image brings about.

For me, my eye enters the bottom of the frame and seems to stall out from moving through the image. My eye glances upward and notices a nice soft spray of water in the top of the frame. Unfortunately, the sense I feel from the spray of water is great tension like I am stuck and can't move upwards to see those waves at the top. As I take a step back and look at the overall photo, I try to find a way to move my eye through the frame but I just don't find the leading lines to do this for me.

The large rocks on the left could be a leading line path if there was more to the photo and a different crop could be made. In addition, the upper right corner seems too dark and in shadow. The lower left corner I see the start of something interesting around a rock but not enough to hold my eye.

I hope this helps for future seascape's you capture.

Best regards,
LuAnn		 Apr 29th
62 Apr 19 Reply Thanks for your feedback, Pandula!

Best regards,
LuAnn		 Apr 26th
62 Apr 19 Comment I agree, Pandula, hands down this is your best yet! Love the dynamics of the clouds and camera angle. I also agree with the other comments about your model. I also prefer the black and white photo over the color. Well done.

My only comment for editing is with the tonality of the snow and her jacket. The white tones seem to me to have been done with a global adjustment so they are all similiar in tone. So what I envision is whiter snow with detail but not blown out. You could try dodging and burning ever so lightly.

Happy Easter my friend! LuAnn		 Apr 21st
62 Apr 19 Comment Wow, my heart goes out to this gentleman. His life's story is written all over his face (or at least what we can see of him).

You made an excellent capture, Oliver. At 1/20 sec at 200mm your photo is very sharp! His ear reminds me of men who do Brazilian jiu-jitsu and get cauliflower ear from their workouts on the mat.

Your subject has an interesting story and I think you captured him well. It would have been nice to see his eyes, but maybe he gave you his best shot and I wouldn't press him to smile.

The only edit that stands out to me is a possible ghosting around his hat-where the dark meets the light.

Best wishes for a happy Easter my friend!
LuAnn		 Apr 21st
62 Apr 19 Comment Thank you, everyone! I am humbled by your comments.

Thank you, Oliver, for giving a go at changing and looking for other options for a crop. I really value everyone's opinion because you see through different lenses and there are so many possibilities when it comes to editing photos.

I do like your edit, Gray, thanks! I will definitely have to check out Nik's darken-lighten center feature; I don't remember seeing it before or using it.

Thanks, Paul, I do like moody shots and they do seem to be my style and my interest. I did have to lookup the meaning of Noir and this is what I found, "The name refers to a genre of mostly black-and-white American films with bleak subject matter, downbeat tone, and low-key lighting."

Happy Easter my friends!
LuAnn
Apr 21st
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