A cold winter, What do you think?

Samosk9 · Jan 6, 2014

Hey Guys, I am new to this forum wondering what you think of a photo I have been working on

Volunteer · Jan 6, 2014

Although the setting is great, the composition is not. Also, it's a bit blurry. In my opinion, there's too many elements in the photo and everything is slightly angled to the left. If there was no cars, only the guy and the house, it would be excellent. As there are cars, I'd recommend square crop.

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Samosk9 · Jan 6, 2014

Thanks for your advice! here is another shot of the same guy this one he is a little closer in the frame, do you think this one is better or worse?

weags77 · Jan 6, 2014

I like the original. It does look a little blurry ? I'm guessing this was hand held, no tripod ? Doesn't kill the photo for me anyways. And I like the cars they add a sense of depth to the road and the crappy situation this guys finds himself walking in. Well done in my opinion.

Samosk9 · Jan 6, 2014

weags77 said:
I like the original. It does look a little blurry ? I'm guessing this was hand held, no tripod ? Doesn't kill the photo for me anyways. And I like the cars they add a sense of depth to the road and the crappy situation this guys finds himself walking in. Well done in my opinion.

Thanks! Yes this was done handheld and I think the main reason its blurry was because there was water on the lens.

sleist · Jan 6, 2014

I like the original. Well, I don't think the edit is an improvement at any rate - just different.
Actually, in the edit the person is too close to the edge of the frame and the composition feels off as a result.

The original shot needs something, but I can't say what exactly. I know - tremendously helpful ...

Perhaps a different crop, but not the one suggested by Volunteer.

Mike Lamb · Jan 6, 2014

I love the original. The smallness of the man against the bigness of nature and the environment is important. You could crop a little off the right but not much.