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a great composition. beautiful angle of view which makes it gripping

Uncomplicated, and wonderful use of space and form. This is good.

I love the composition of this image. It works very well, not the usual, well seen. My only concern is that the horizon is barely discernible. It seems a tad over-exposed. I would gently adjust the exposure to allow for a little more of the horizon to be noticed, then mask out the subjects (Man & Wall) leaving them alone. They are perfectly exposed.

 

A difficult shot & interesting. A solid 6/6. Easier to show than tell, here's what I had in mind. Hope you don't mind.

The overexposed horizon in my opinion gives a sense of mistery to the photo. As to say: who knows what there is out there? Very good!

Hi Jayme. What attracted me to this picture was the lack of horizon. I would go in the other direction and make it invisible. There is real whimsy in a breakwater that runs into the sky... Not knowing where the water ends and the sky begins is a wonderful play on the mind.

I was surprised to see the alternate version the emphasizes the horizon. For me, a good part of what makes your photo work is precisely the lack of a dividing line between the water and the sky - this adds to the mystical feeling of the photograph. Compositionally, also, I think the photograph is stronger without the additional clear horizontal line of the horizon, instead allowing the image to simply disappear amorphously into the distance.

 

I vote for keeping it the way it is. :-)

 

Dan

Yeap, I agree what drew me to the image was the lack of an horizon, but I just can't help myself. I want one :) I know it's there & being eternally nearsighted, I want to see it :) But I do understand what you all are saying. With or without it it's still a wonderful image :)