Appreciate some feedback.

Hey I took these with my Nikon. Still learning so all tips and 'abuse' welcome!



I make a complete tit of this when editing afterwards.

Nice shots. The blues look oversaturated in the first two pics, but the building in pic 2 looks great the way it is. Maybe you could mask the sky and dial it down a little, but leave everything else in that shot the same.

I like the blues in the first two. I personally think dramatic skis are great for these kinds of shots

Really quite good -- with Don on the first,, a very nice shot as is. The last has too much going on in an unrelated way; no real compositional definition. There is (to my eye) a good picture to be cropped out of the center -- if I may be so bold:

Thanks folks, noted.

wev said:

Really quite good -- with Don on the first,, a very nice shot as is. The last has too much going on in an unrelated way; no real compositional definition. There is (to my eye) a good picture to be cropped out of the center -- if I may be so bold:

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I struggle with composition, this crop highlights my faults nicely and it is a vast improvement. Thank you

Murlough Bay on the North coast of Ireland looking outwards to Scotland.

Again a nice picture, but also again, without focus. What are you attempting to say? There is a good image story there, but it needs cropping to define it -- again, if I may be so bold:



This, to me, sets a question: her pensive pose, directed gaze, the blue expanse, the hazy far shore -- longings? remembrances? disappointments? loss? It is the speculation that brings enrichment.

But this is just my personal take; everyone here will see it differently. The task is for you to decide what you see or want to see.

Thinking she just needed to be sitting a little more to the left.

The two suggestions are good. Like the one by eyelight better though. Closer to your vision

As I said, each to his/her own eye. Personally, I do not like slicing and dicing, but the end product is acceptable, though I am not sure what the "left" is all about.

wev said:

As I said, each to his/her own eye. Personally, I do not like slicing and dicing, but the end product is acceptable, though I am not sure what the "left" is all about.

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I would not take the shot planning to move the young lady, but I liked the composition otherwise and the elements lent themselves to the task, and it was fun to do.

Our two adjustments are actually similar in intent. Yours tells more about the thinker and mine tells more about the thought about.

Though the original may not lead us directly, I think it has a air of wonder just from the sheer magnitude of the view with the young lady in the center of it all. I imagine she is the center of someone's world.

@wev @Eyelight

Both your edits improve the shot because it brings the subject more in line with the rule of thirds which is what the shot needs. Which way you go with the crop, I think, is an artistic decision; the compositional shift both your edits make, really, is not in question.

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In regards to the girl by the sea:
It is a great pic! You nailed it with her centered and the blue pants are perfect.
Don't change a thing!

Lots to think about, and yes I can see how having her centred is not as interesting or leading to the eye, so next time I will mix it up a little. Thanks all!

Dualta said:

Lots to think about, and yes I can see how having her centred is not as interesting or leading to the eye, so next time I will mix it up a little. Thanks all!

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wev said:

Again a nice picture, but also again, without focus. What are you attempting to say? There is a good image story there, but it needs cropping to define it -- again, if I may be so bold:

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This, to me, sets a question: her pensive pose, directed gaze, the blue expanse, the hazy far shore -- longings? remembrances? disappointments? loss? It is the speculation that brings enrichment.

But this is just my personal take; everyone here will see it differently.

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Way Differently...lol



In this photo, how does having the girl being off-centered make it more interesting or leading? Every good picture tells a story, and the original one tells a whale of a story. Why over-use your "artistic license" when it isn't necessary. Now it looks like just another picture of the sea while on a family vacation. Cropping in this case made it less interesting. It loses the light centering on the girl. It loses the land that might or might not be her home. Even the clouds became less interesting. It took away from the vastness that the cropper insinuated was important. In the cropped version, there is now actually less focus on the girl. Everything you wondered about the girl after the crop, you could wonder about before the crop. The cropper said the picture was "without focus". That is insane.
Photos are also about capturing a moment. You were there, and you were able to see the whole story. That is why you didn't want to leave any of it out.....

The cropper makes the photo tell a story, basically Cliff's Notes. Your version is the entire novel.

I could keep going, but my wife says I had better stop before I get the whole forum hating me...lol. Just disagreeing with you Wev, like you said people would......

Now, If I may be so bold as to return the photo to it's proper state:
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Well, not the first time I've been termed insane and probably not the last.

wev said:

Well, not the first time I've been termed insane and probably not the last.

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Probably not. This photo points out the need to compose and frame the shots as many different ways as possible. As long as time is not an issue, it is best to shoot the photo from several perspectives. You gotta move it, move it