Ok gang, Im thinking of printing these 2 in a large size. Are they worthy?

C&C and beat me up on em if you have a valid bad critique i want to hear it. Nice comments also welcomed.





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In the first pic I'm irritated by the slight clump of trees that appear in the middle right side of the frame. Should I clone this out and in the second photo would this be stronger with a little more negative space to the right side of the frame? Im struggling with the composition on this shot. The buoy pole on the top of the boat will be cloned a bit so that it does not extend thru the frame. The subject matter I

The series I"m displaying is called The essential Maine it will also include a couple of lighthouse scenes.

Thanks in advance,
Dave

 

Second photo is not showing above for me so here it is.

 

Horizon seems off in the first one. All the masts are leaning to the right regardless of the boat's position.

 

that first one, how many frames did you layer it to get the DOF like that on the boat vs the shore?

 

Cyril, thats actually 3 layers original shot

adjustments

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thats it.

 

For the first one, there are a couple of things that I'm not "getting".

The water; it just seems....I dunno, it doesn't seem natural. (and I'm viewing this on a U2410 that was calibrated 2 days ago). Almost seems like the ripples are too sharp.

The trees on the right of the frame don't bother me, but the stuff on mid-frame on the left does (to the left of the white boat)

The position of the raft to the right of the white boat in the foreground; that's distracting. White dot in the middle of the two black rafts...what's that?

 

On #1, I would straighten the horizon, and make the mast of the foreground boat straight. I would also lose the frame.

The photo seems not sharp, but I think it's the host, and not the photo itself. Remember, for printing, you need to OVERsharpen it.

#2 works for me, again, lose the frame.

For both of them, being seascapes, I don't know if I am in love with the sepia. Maybe try a B&W with a cyan or purple cast? Maybe orange?

 

The white dot is a buoy, its what the boats use to tie off. I think you need to see the large shot and see if it makes a difference for you. It does look a little off in the small size.

The water is what I found made the shot print worthy. This was a torrential rainstorm and the drops are really making some goods drops on the water.

I do appreciate the critique. THANK YOU

 

Thanks Dave!

On the first I thought the horizon was straight, now you have me second guessing myself. The wind was whipping during the rain outburst and the sailboat was rocking so maybe it is straight and the horizon is'nt or vice versa.

Regardless I appreciate you taking the time to critique them. I'll play with it a bit

Dave

 

Ryan, actually the mast do lean slightly to the right on a level shot. That's the way the boats are built.

This shot is I see is going to be a challenge to present in a way that everyone will see it as level.



Thanks for the critique I appreciate you taking the time.

Dave