Dusk at the Ferry

[sirhc55]

I welcome critique on this pic taken at a Sydney ferry at dusk



Chris

[Killakoala]

My honest opinion Chris is that i am not excited by the pic, however i really like the way you have captured the setting sun through the windows of the ferry terminal. It also has a really intriguing two-tone sky. I think perhaps some more aggressive cropping could have pinpointed the focus of the subject.

What you could do is think about 'what is the subject?' Is it the ferry terminal or is it the setting sun through the glass? Although i like the reflection of the sun in the gutter on the left, i feel that it could be excluded from the whole shot and make a closer crop of the part of the terminal where the sun comes through on the right-hand side of the frame.

Just my own thoughts out loud so don't take any notice of me

Please, please, please, keep experimenting with light. Light will make or break a great photograph so the more you experiment with the D70, the more you will learn it's foibles and characteristics and how it handles different types and angles of light.

Oh, and thanks for sharing with us. I do enjoy looking at your photos.

[Matt. K]

sirhc55
The light is gorgeous! Like a beautiful painting! And the subject has a quality about it that makes me keep looking. I think to be a masterpiece it needs one more element in the foreground. Perhaps a whippet dog or a classic bicycle or a child....flash-filled but subdude, dark. I have a folder full of similar images that are just waiting to be used as backgrounds for that magic image. A magic image needs a magic background. Please keep posting images of this quality! They inspire.

[sirhc55]

Thanks Steve and Matt I value your opinions very much and yes I see what you mean about a focal point Steve.

Cheers

Chris

[mudder]

G'day,
I find the scene and lighting captivating but keep wandering around the photo looking for something, I'm with Matt about a focal point, or some sort of subject... Just thinking out loud... I wish I had the creativity of some of you guys...

Cheers,
Mudder

[sirhc55]

Added a small point of interest:



Chris

[bwhinnen]

Chris,

That small point of interest has turned it into a much much better photo. To me it's lacking something, whilst the colouring, lighting and general mood sway me in the original there was nothing that actually peaked my interest; until your small addition.

Well done on both photos !

Cheers
Brett

[meicw]

Great capture of the light Chris. As always your pics give me food for thought. I agree that the second pic is that little more interesting. I like that cloud in the left hand top corner.

Regards
Meic

[Glen]

Chris, great shot, really love the skies and dusk light. The second one really creates interest and keeps one looking. I could see that shot being used in a commercial, it really is intriguing

[ru32day]

If it's not asking for too many secrets, I'd love to know what issues you thought about and what you then did to capture the light this way. It's really beautiful, and I wouldn't have the faintest idea of how to capture this luminance.

[sirhc55]

If it's not asking for too many secrets, I'd love to know what issues you thought about and what you then did to capture the light this way. It's really beautiful, and I wouldn't have the faintest idea of how to capture this luminance.

Hi ru32day

No secrets at all. This shot was taken as the sun was going down to the right of the pic. The sky was still very light making the foreground subject very dark. I selected the sky and placed a gradient into the sky in overlay mode with lowered opacity. Believe it or not but as you look at the pic above the cloud structure on the left is actually the sky and the sky structure on the right is actually the cloud. By lowering the luminosity of the sky the buidling structures became the focal point of the pic.

Chris

[ru32day]

Thanks for the info. Hopefully I can put it to good use.