North Ridge of mt. Baker, Washington State.

Here is another T4 Super pic from climbs in Pacific Northwest.

Please help me with my photo composition eye. Let me know what you

think regarding composition, subject, framing, etc. Sorry about scan

quality...still learning how to do that do :?p

 

Thanks in advance for any advice,

 

Justin

I like the rope as a leading line and the sun flare is appropriate to the bright setting. I think the image would be more dynamic if you did not place the climber directly in the center. At least on my monitor the exposure meter looks as if it has underexposed which is probably what you would expect with a point and shoot, although not badly so. The shot does give a sense of place and being there.

I think the exposure of this picture is damn good, especially with the sun blazing down mid-frame and considering it came from a P&S with no exposure compensation abilities. You've got good definition both in the forground slope and the headwall up above.

 

For the composition, I think with the amount of space you had available around the climber that you could have offset him a bit. I'm guessing from the angle of the slope that you were both simul-climbing, so perhaps you could have swung further to your right and taken the picture shooting more to the left (easy to say when I'm sitting at my computer terminal in my toasty 10-feet-above-sea-level house sipping warm tea!) However, this could put your partner, profiled against a blue sky, in the lower left third-intersection of the image while placing the headwall and sun in the top right... kind of providing a bit more of a hint toward the challenges to come. (So go call your partner and tell him you need to go re-shoot this scene ASAP!!!)

 

Seriously, I think you did a good job of conveying the angle of the slope by taking the picture at the height you did. And I think that this composition actually will allow for a pretty good crop... chop off the left margin up until just before the rope goes verticle, and lop off the top section perfectly bisecting the sun.

 

I know how hard it is to get quality shots on a climbing trip, especially when you're there more for the climb instead of on a dedicated photo shoot.

 

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I WISH BE THERE. TIBOR SZEKELY

Well done. I like the curving rope, leading the eye on to the climber and the serac above. Brings back lots of memories.