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Post by El Sid on Jun 4, 2024 11:55:01 GMT
I liked the layering effect of the water, the weed and the wall in this one. 
Moored Up by Nigel Hayes, on Flickr What does the panel think? |
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Post by zx9 on Jun 5, 2024 8:09:16 GMT
I can see what you are thinking but does it need the wall? For me it works in a 9X16 format if you can crop through the dark water, not taking the light weed to the very top of the frame which probably takes it too far from the original idea.
I would probably put more structure into the side of the boat and slightly tone down the highlights from the top of the buoy.
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Post by spinno on Jun 5, 2024 8:44:09 GMT
The kink in the wall is a distraction, otherwise it works well to me.
What Keith says also works, it's one of those images that works on so many levels (no pun intended, for a change!)
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Post by zou on Jun 5, 2024 10:51:22 GMT
Would it work better in colour? For me the mono doesn't offer any real separation of the layers.
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Post by El Sid on Jun 5, 2024 11:52:27 GMT
Must admit I hadn't really considered a panorama style crop though I might not crop quite a severely as 16:9 - I think I'd take it to the base of the wall(ish), perhaps a revisit is in order. Not sure how much extra structure I could drag from the original though - the 3Mp/superzoom combo kind of limits the detail available. Good point about the highlights - should've spotted those... Did start off processing in colour Zou but didn't really seem to be able to get the graphic effect I was after but maybe I should have another stab at it. Thanks all for your thoughts, it's always useful to get a view from other perspectives.  |
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Post by peterob on Jun 5, 2024 11:56:49 GMT
Would it work better in colour? For me the mono doesn't offer any real separation of the layers. I agree that the mono doesn't work. I suppose colour might, depends on the separation you get - it is all too fussy at the moment. |
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Post by Chester PB on Jun 5, 2024 15:28:36 GMT
How about 2.33 : 1 (Cinemascope ratio), concentrating on the boat and reflections?  |
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Post by zx9 on Jun 5, 2024 15:59:08 GMT
How about 2.33 : 1 (Cinemascope ratio), concentrating on the boat and reflections? View Attachment^^^ Tighter than I was thinking but it works for me. |
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Post by MJB on Jun 5, 2024 17:58:50 GMT
How about 2.33 : 1 (Cinemascope ratio), concentrating on the boat and reflections? View Attachment^^^ Tighter than I was thinking but it works for me. Ditto. I was thinking having the boat on the centre line. |
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Post by El Sid on Jun 6, 2024 11:35:00 GMT
More food for thought... Thanks all.  |
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Post by adriansadlier on Jun 10, 2024 23:22:15 GMT
For me, I would focus (pun intended) more on the DoF. Maybe a larger aperature (f/5.6 or bigger- if possible) would help with the recession in the image and emphasise the layers better, with the focus on the boat(IMHO). Personally, I would try f/4 or even f/2.8. But then again, I am lucky to have fast lenses, and it is my personal style.
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Post by donerundlecams on Jun 12, 2024 7:11:38 GMT
I liked the layering effect of the water, the weed and the wall in this one.
Moored Up by Nigel Hayes, on Flickr What does the panel think? I like the photo but, like some others, I found the wall a tad distracting. As most folks know, I like tight crops, but, even I found Chester's ( Chester PB) crop a tad too tight  .. so opted to show a slightly looser crop ... Cheers, Jack ...  |
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Post by El Sid on Jun 12, 2024 11:43:24 GMT
Thanks for the input Adrian, Jack. Still not really convinced about the tight crop option but it looks like I'm the only one who's happy with the wall, c'est la vie...  |
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Post by dans on Jun 26, 2024 14:33:25 GMT
I like it, but I'm with the crowd, the wall distracts a bit. I slid the image up on my phone until the wall disappeared and it made a huge difference.
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.. so opted to show a slightly looser crop ...
