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The subject says it all.

This is a pano crop of a test shot I took while setting up for the NYE fireworks. I've played with the cropping several times on this shot, but I've looked at this so much I'm no longer sure if it's a keeper or not.

There is a lot I like compositionally and light wise with the shot but the dark foreground worries me. I'd be interested in opinions before I decide if it's one for the recycle bin (my rule is if I'm undecided on an image I delete it). Click the pic to see a larger version.

Peter, I don't think the dark background distracts form this image at all. If the people were more visible then it would be a completely different image.

I like it the way it is. The darkness only accentuates the colours of the bridge, the OH and the last bit of the sunset.

Overall I think it works and especially as a pano.

The Oiler Wharf at GI is an excellent place to shoot the aforementioned subjects and the opportunity doesn't come around all that often, unless you are in the Navy and your ship is broken. So please don't delete it

EDIT: Also looks fantastic viewed full size.

I like it..Please keep it...Nothing wrong with the image from what i can see

I agree with the other two Peter.

I wouldn't toss it, but I am not sure about the foreground
Once viewed in full I want to know more about the action that is going on. But this may only be because you are talking about it.

But it is definitely not a chucker.

Peter, I like this image, I think the pano aspect works and the darkness in the foreground provides for nice contrast.

Alex

I like this image as is (apart from the hourglass.. )

One thing that bothers me about this image is that the bridge itself looks crooked. No sure if this is the way it actually looks from that angle though.

Other than that I like it.

I really like it, although im confused with the date in your frame text?

I like it. Pls keep.

If I was picky I would clone out the glo sticks being held by the people in the front. Simply because they loo like they are floating in space. If the people were more visabel I'd leave them there.

Cheers.

Toss it Peter

Great stuff Peter, kept it, and when I work out how to embedd smug mug images, I'll post in your gallery thread as there are some excellent shots in there.

Looks great and the dark background doesn't detract from the image, however the SOH has been chopped on the left. Not having just that tip of the sail makes it look like it was missed during framing.

Peter
Your gut feeling is right. It's very ordinary and you have posted much better shots of the harbour than this one. Ditch it. PS...that's my opinion and I feel much better having voiced it.

Thank you all for your comments. I have to say I'm still undecided.

As for the date of the image - well IMHO it's NYE 07, but on 1/1 each year I roll my PSCS action used to caption my pics to the next year so while taken in 07 it's PPd in 08 and so the copyright tagline says 08 on the 07 image. Confused? so am I

Peter,

While the individual elements of the photograph are good, the overall image is rather dark and I think it detracts from it and is not up to your usual WOW factor.

By the way, while I generally put the year the image was taken on my copyright, it is meant to be the year it was first published. So, in theory, "© Peter Stubbs 2008" is indeed correct.