Critique: Roche Harbor

beansbaxter · 03-02-2008, 11:26 AM

My goal for the weekend, while I was shooting photos, was improving my composition. This one was one of my better pictures taken. Very little postprocessing was done.

eric · 03-02-2008, 04:00 PM

The composition is good but what is throwing me off is the blown out sky. I think a split-ND filter would have helped a ton here.

MotoPhotog · 03-02-2008, 05:18 PM

Daniel, nice photo for sure. Sharp, I like your dock photo from this shoot.

Like eric said, (and we talked about weeks ago) was teh setback of the blown out sky.

BigChod · 03-03-2008, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by eric

The composition is good but what is throwing me off is the blown out sky. I think a split-ND filter would have helped a ton here.

I agree the blown out sky is distracting and the contrast of the image makes the image seem 'flat'. The detail in the trees seems dark and that is also distracting. My eyes aren't drawn to anything in particular. They seem to focus on the trees.

Stick your hand over the sky on your monitor and it's much easier to focus on the boats and the marina.

flatlander · 03-04-2008, 04:15 PM

I think a vertical composition would work very well here to accentuate the masts of the boats also allowing or causing you to crop tighter and possibly eliminate the majority of the sky and subsequent "blown out sky" issues. This possible tighter crop could also eliminate the buildings on the right edge of the photo which make it feel a bit busy over there.

Metonymy · 03-04-2008, 08:50 PM

Ditto to eric and motog. The photo is amazing, but the sky is super bright.

03-02-2008, 11:26 AM	#1
beansbaxter motorcycle rider Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 628 My Camera: Nikon D700	Critique: Roche Harbor My goal for the weekend, while I was shooting photos, was improving my composition. This one was one of my better pictures taken. Very little postprocessing was done.

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03-02-2008, 04:00 PM	#2
eric Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Seattle Posts: 596	The composition is good but what is throwing me off is the blown out sky. I think a split-ND filter would have helped a ton here.

03-02-2008, 05:18 PM	#3
MotoPhotog Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Federal Way, WA Posts: 536 My Camera: Nikon Point Shoot	Daniel, nice photo for sure. Sharp, I like your dock photo from this shoot. Like eric said, (and we talked about weeks ago) was teh setback of the blown out sky.

03-04-2008, 04:15 PM	#5
flatlander Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: PDX Posts: 37 My Camera: D300	I think a vertical composition would work very well here to accentuate the masts of the boats also allowing or causing you to crop tighter and possibly eliminate the majority of the sky and subsequent "blown out sky" issues. This possible tighter crop could also eliminate the buildings on the right edge of the photo which make it feel a bit busy over there.

03-04-2008, 08:50 PM	#6
Metonymy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Under a roof Posts: 382 My Camera: Canon S5 and 50D	Ditto to eric and motog. The photo is amazing, but the sky is super bright.