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Postby TonyT on Sat Mar 16, 2013 3:45 pm

Another old one from the pile. This was July so it would have been cold.

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Re: Another

Postby aim54x on Sat Mar 16, 2013 4:57 pm

I quite like this image....love the textures in the water and mist
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Re: Another

Postby Murray Foote on Sat Mar 16, 2013 6:04 pm

It's very nice but I'm not sure the canoeist in the middle entirely works. I'm not suggesting cropping, though. It's not just that the canoeist is in motion across the frame but there's a break in the trees directly behind him that draws you in and that doesn't really take you back to the canoeist. If you could have caught him emerging from the mists from that direction it might have been much stronger. If you'd brought a megaphone in your camera bag you could have called out to him. Otherwise, it might have been better taken a bit earlier or later with a different background and probably with him further to the right in the frame.

Others will likely disagree but for those reasons I think it's a very good image but still a near miss - almost a great image.

In fact, even slightly to the right so that he was about 3/4 of a canoe length back may have helped. I suppose you could try a content aware move. And perhaps hold back a little the light patch in the trees in the background at the right.
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Re: Another

Postby phillipb on Sat Mar 16, 2013 6:13 pm

Murray Foote wrote:It's very nice but I'm not sure the canoeist in the middle entirely works. I'm not suggesting cropping, though. It's not just that the canoeist is in motion across the frame but there's a break in the trees directly behind him that draws you in and that doesn't really take you back to the canoeist. If you could have caught him emerging from the mists from that direction it might have been much stronger. If you'd brought a megaphone in your camera bag you could have called out to him. Otherwise, it might have been better taken a bit earlier or later with a different background and probably with him further to the right in the frame.

Others will likely disagree but for those reasons I think it's a very good image but still a near miss - almost a great image.

In fact, even slightly to the right so that he was about 3/4 of a canoe length back may have helped. I suppose you could try a content aware move. And perhaps hold back a little the light patch in the trees in the background at the right.


:agree:

something like this. (pardon the lousy ps)

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Re: Another

Postby TonyT on Sun Mar 17, 2013 6:19 am

When I was working on it I notice I put him dead centre (I only took one shot) :roll: but the gap in the trees I did not notice Thanks for the comments Murray and phillipb

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Re: Another

Postby zafra52 on Sun Mar 17, 2013 10:21 am

I like the first photo, but I quite agree it did not work
as it should. I prefer the last version with the real
subject of the photo respositioned.
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Re: Another

Postby stubbsy on Sun Mar 31, 2013 2:22 pm

zafra52 wrote:I like the first photo, but I quite agree it did not work
as it should. I prefer the last version with the real
subject of the photo respositioned.



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