kurt2006 0 Posted March 23, 2007 Looking out into the Pacific Ocean. Comments welcome. Link to comment
thadley 15 Posted March 23, 2007 Beautiful - gives me a sense of serenity. The zig-zag pattern of the white water leads my eye into the distance. Congrats Link to comment
younes 0 Posted March 23, 2007 This is a killer shot Kurt. Absolutely love the serenity that emanates from it! Very nicely done. One suggestion for an alternative crop, is to try for a square format, cropping out a good chunk from the sky and the bottom all the way to the first rock. Link to comment
kurt2006 0 Posted March 23, 2007 Thank you all for your comments. Younes, I wanted to try to maintain some balance in the distribution of elements but I'll try lopping off some of the sky and bottom and see what happens. Link to comment
jwhitehorn 0 Posted March 23, 2007 A very beautiful photo. As written above it evokes serenity Link to comment
younes 0 Posted March 24, 2007 Hi Kurt, I didn't mean that this photo needed any cropping, I actually quite like it as it is, I just wondered how it would look cropped...:-) Link to comment
stp 6 Posted March 24, 2007 I really like this composition; the horizontal bands of light and dark, whether they be made of rocks and water or sky and clouds, are great. Link to comment
LenMarriott 9 Posted March 24, 2007 Kurt, I'll go with Younes' square crop suggestion. I think it'll produce a superior image. The mass of sky should be minimized as revealing too much sky allows the eye to wander from the rock formation which I am assuming is your subject. A square crop with only a sliver of sky showing above the furthest rock eliminates the problem. There, my neck is now fully extended. Best, LM. Link to comment
kurt2006 0 Posted March 25, 2007 Len, be nice to Younes. Actually, I like the idea of square aspect; however, this is roughly the output of my camera, and I always hesitate to crop more than a few percent. Isn't it said that cropping indicates poor framing and execution? As Stephen Penland and others mention, I was composing for alternating bands of rock/water/sky/cloud. You are correct that the entire composition would change with the removal of the sky down to the farthest rock, but imbalance would be introduced. I can attempt this and see what you all think. Thanks. Link to comment
LenMarriott 9 Posted March 25, 2007 Kurt, See my comments on your cropped version. Best, LM. Link to comment
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