Sydney Nova Scotia

Rule of Thirds, 50% split or some other guideline is always part of

the decision making. I saw a kind of kindred spirit with the growth in

the water and white fluffs in the sky - 2 siblings who cannot be

without each other but sometimes compete.

 

As always, I would appreciate hearing what you like or dislike. Would

you have gone with the rule of thirds? I virtually cropped the skies

(to 1/3rd) and it did not sit well with my sense of aesthetics but

perhaps it could grow on me.

A fantastic composition with lots of details. To me the sky is the main attraction, with the foreground serving as a great contrast! The boats are all different and interesting. warm regards.

Jorge - THANKS.

I would not change a thing;the50/50 split sits fine with me as going to the rule of thirds would only take from the spectacular maritime sky or that rich algae floating carpet.This is one excellent image.Bravo!

Meilleures salutations-Laurent

Tony:  You know I love your work but this one doesn't do it for me.    First the HDR look isn't my cup of tea but that's a personal thing.  The 50:50 split confuses the sky with the weeds.  Where do I look?  Make up your mind.  I think let the sky go to the max would make it the subject and allow the picture and my feelings to soar.  Could you post the full shot you took so we can see for comparison?  Al.

Laurent - Thanks for the feedback.

 

Alan - Thank you also for your feedback. As it is with most art or images, opinions will often be divided and I accept that.   I do have another one of this location, in this folder, that shows mostly sky in the traditional rule of thirds.

PS this is the full image.

Really beautiful work with impressive lighting and details, Tony!

 

In this case Tony i would have applied the 1/3 rule, but not for improving composition, just because these kind of water, full with these green plants, in my mind is optically synonymous to muddy, dirty waters.

An other strange thing here is the illusion that the photo is "overweighted" to the left maybe because all the boats in the background seem to point to the left where the big white boat dominates the space.

I am not saying that this is a bad picture, i am just filtering it through my taste.

 

Keep and keep shooting!

 

is a masterpiece no other words congrats regards gerolamo

Hi Tony,

  Beautiful scene with wonderful colors, details & composition.  Take care, Patsy

Tony, the image is lovely it has a nice pictorial effect, the colors blend well, the horizon is fine where it is... although the clouds are beautiful they are a little too strong.

I can only offer here an idea. Try  to square the image, evaluate.

Cut away about slightly more then a third from the right hand side.

Now your main subject (or maybe it is not) the little blue boat, is more of a "center of attention" than before, having less clouds in the sky is less overpowering the image globally. I actually laid a sheet of paper right now over my screen and can tell you it looks AWESOME.

Only an opinion of course.

Another "too much" perfect landscape, really a little-big masterpiece!

A very nice scene with some interesting challenges.  My first thought was that the scene was "bottom heavy", but cropping from the bottom, in my opinion, caused the image to lose the feeling of depth and connection with the sky, so I think the original image is more effective .  I would suggest reducing the saturation of the blue rowboat; for me, it's placement in the scene is fine but it draws to much attention to itself as an object.  Very well done, Phil

Wow! so many constructive comments and I am not sure where to start. How about a big thanks.  As an experiment and because i see some merit for a '2nd image' I have followed some advice (Dani)  about the square format and reducing the saturation a bit on the small blue boat.  In this 2nd image the boats take on a bigger role in the image.

 

But as Michail says, some people will have a negative aesthetic view of algae and I think he is right. I guess one of the reasons that I was attracted to the scene was because of the algae (not something I see often) and its abstract qualities. And then there was the sky! The boats in the original image were almost 'filler'.

And on a more personal note: Ruud, Michail, Gerolamo, Patsy, Dani and Phil, Thank you for your visit, kind words of support and suggestions.

 

Fantastic image, I like the photo the way it is, no need to crop it.

This is one of those images that is so compelling that everyone has their idea of the idyllic crop. Personally mine would be a 15% - 20% crop from the bottom. I might also try processing it with a bit less contrast and sharpness to the clouds, but of course it's just a matter of taste. The photograph itself is a winner! 

 

Compliments & Best Regards 

 

Alf 

I have to say that I rather like the original and its expanse. It almost adds a painterly feel to the composition.

It's a great shot and I like the 50-50 split comp. Very effective!

I just simply like the shot.  And I think the way you cropped it works just fine.

Regards, Tibi

 

Hy Tony,

You received so many opinions on this photo and this is excellent !!        

I observed that the most of the critiques agree with 50-50, which I agree, but I tried to analyse all the posibilities :

My final conclusion is:

The median position of the small boats and the small clouds closed to the horizont line, are providing a verry deep perspective !!This would have a bigger impact if you reduce the sky to 1/3 !  The clouds above this third are reducing a little bit this impressive perspective, in my opinion !

Impressive landscape, congrats !!

Theodor D.