Mindarie Harbour

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Mindarie Harbour

Postby andy on Fri Oct 02, 2009 12:10 pm

Took these a couple of months back on a holiday in and around Perth.
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Long exposures make me embarassed by how dirty my sensor is :oops: Need to clean the first one up a little i think.
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Re: Mindarie Harbour

Postby surenj on Fri Oct 02, 2009 12:54 pm

I prefer the second because of the colors and the lighting of the boats (nice fill!). I suppose you could have included more sky so that you follow the rule of "3rds" etc but this still works. Would be nice to see the second one larger, or on black.
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Re: Mindarie Harbour

Postby andy on Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:00 pm

Do my mean larger - in pixels - and on black just with a border?
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Re: Mindarie Harbour

Postby LaurieE on Fri Oct 02, 2009 7:22 pm

my vote is for the second picture.

the color is good with nice cloud reflection on the water.

nice mood and capture!
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Re: Mindarie Harbour

Postby Killakoala on Fri Oct 02, 2009 7:44 pm

The second image is definitely the pick of the two. The colours are sublime and the lovely smooth texture of the harbour aids it magnificently as does the reflections of the clouds. I am not sure if it's me or not but the horizon does seem a bit off-level by about 0.25 degrees to the right.
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Re: Mindarie Harbour

Postby aim54x on Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:09 pm

Killakoala wrote:The second image is definitely the pick of the two. The colours are sublime and the lovely smooth texture of the harbour aids it magnificently as does the reflections of the clouds. I am not sure if it's me or not but the horizon does seem a bit off-level by about 0.25 degrees to the right.


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Re: Mindarie Harbour

Postby stubbsy on Sat Oct 03, 2009 12:35 pm

Amdy

I agree with the others - image #2 is the better of the two. The problem (for me) with #1 is the slice of building on the left and to a lesser extent the palm tree in the park. My eye is drawn to the edge of the frame by those elements rather than focusing on the rest of the image. I think the image would be stronger with, at the least, the building cropped out.
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Re: Mindarie Harbour

Postby surenj on Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:48 pm

Andy, I meant bigger than what's shown here. At a least 800 pixels which is the forum limit. Even a link to a larger image elasewhere if possible.
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