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Postby Ben on Fri Jun 03, 2005 12:14 am

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Please comment on this picture. Do you guys think there is too much sky?

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Postby dooda on Fri Jun 03, 2005 4:52 am

No, there is not enough sky and too much dark on the left hand side IMO. Even a little too much off the bottom as well.

Great picture otherwise. SMooth colours and great shape.
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Postby Catcha on Fri Jun 03, 2005 6:47 am

Top shot love the Silhouette idea....

Quite nice very realxing to look at :D
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Postby -=Monty=- on Fri Jun 03, 2005 7:48 am

Yeah, a really nice shot. But it looks like the whole silhouette is photoshoped, because it is so smooth, and the lines are sharp.

But i think it looks great.
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Postby sirhc55 on Fri Jun 03, 2005 10:04 am

Contra jour - very nicely done and would look good in B&W as well.
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Postby PiroStitch on Fri Jun 03, 2005 11:48 am

Like the silhouette but agreed that the left is a bit too bold in terms of too much rock. Would look great as a pano crop :)
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Re: Critique please

Postby KerryPierce on Fri Jun 03, 2005 12:02 pm

Ben wrote:Please comment on this picture. Do you guys think there is too much sky?

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Nope. That's an excellent image, IMO, just the way it is. Very well done, Ben. :D

duh!! forgot to remove the image link! :oops: Fixed. Sorry about that... :(
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Postby Frankenstein on Fri Jun 03, 2005 3:06 pm

Another great shot Ben. I wonder what it would look like with a LOT more sky around the structure?

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Postby ozimax on Fri Jun 03, 2005 8:29 pm

Good shot Ben, nice colour and sky, Max
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Postby Matt. K on Fri Jun 03, 2005 9:01 pm

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It's a beautiful image but it's missing some element. I think a human figure in there somewhere would have lifted the interest a great deal. It's 90% there but by taking it one creative step futher you could have made it 110%. I made a similar comment to a forum member who posted a brilliant sunset. Sunsets are not uncommon subjects...but to expoloit them by adding...a person, animal, object, flower...or something else...lifts them above what we normally expect to see. Most of these situations make fabulous backgrounds for something else. I hope you get the drift of what I am suggesting. I am not being critical but speaking from some experiance. Thanks for posting a different type of image.
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Postby Ben on Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:04 pm

Thank you all for your suggestions. I might take Stubbsy along next time as he lives close by and stick him on the rock for some 'human element'.

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