Sunset, sea, pier & wife - C+C

[jfrabat]

So what do you think? I took this in 2007 or so, before I got my DSLR, but the background was a bit bland. I was fooling around with some of my old pictures in PaintShop Pro X4, and I did a multiply and masked my wife out, and I loved how the shot looks now, with the sea like this. What do you guys think? Got edit? Regarding composition, any comments? By the way, I cut as much as I could out of the sky because it was just so bland. Is it OK like this?

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[Rebekah5280]

It would be better if she were on the other side of the picture, OR facing the other direction. Cropping horizontal would make the picture better too.
There is a rule of thirds to follow, and that includes the sky vs ground ratios as well. Regardless if it is bland or not, I would keep enough to fill up the top 1/3 of the picture, that way she doesn't look squished in the picture.

[DiskoJoe]

The body positioning is all wrong here. The sunlight is coming from camera right but the way you have her angled only a small bit of it is actually falling on her face. Had you used the same pose with a 180 turn she would have got perfect light on her face. The way you have her faced now everything in the front is in a shadow.

[Rebekah5280]

The body positioning is all wrong here. The sunlight is coming from camera right but the way you have her angled only a small bit of it is actually falling on her face. Had you used the same pose with a 180 turn she would have got perfect light on her face. The way you have her faced now everything in the front is in a shadow.

Yes.. that was what I was trying to say! lol

[jfrabat]

The body positioning is all wrong here. The sunlight is coming from camera right but the way you have her angled only a small bit of it is actually falling on her face. Had you used the same pose with a 180 turn she would have got perfect light on her face. The way you have her faced now everything in the front is in a shadow.

OK, I see what you are saying; but dont you mean 90 degrees? 180 would mean I am shooting her back... Anyway, I got your point, and it helps a lot, so thanks!

[DiskoJoe]

The body positioning is all wrong here. The sunlight is coming from camera right but the way you have her angled only a small bit of it is actually falling on her face. Had you used the same pose with a 180 turn she would have got perfect light on her face. The way you have her faced now everything in the front is in a shadow.

OK, I see what you are saying; but dont you mean 90 degrees? 180 would mean I am shooting her back... Anyway, I got your point, and it helps a lot, so thanks!

lol, yeah 90 degrees.