A Tribute to Poe

[ceeboy14]

Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken were the whispered words;
damn, I said, it’s cold.

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[ceeboy14]

Bump

 

[mmaria]

I like overall mood of this photo but I don't like composition. This way, when I'm looking I feel like I'm leaning on the left side.

 

[sleist]

I think some space between the near and middle bench would have improved the composition.
Shooting this from a higher point of view would have helped with the far end of the pier as well.

You clearly need to be taller.

 

[ceeboy14]

I love this forum (and I'm not being at all facetious)...almost every time I get "pan's," on a work, it's a print I either have already sold for a "nice" price or won a competition with (both in this case) . So, in a sense, thephotoforum.com has become a wonderful barometer for my sales success, or lack thereof. I have three in this series, all of which I posted on this forum, all of which were received mildly to say the least, all of which did very nicely at a Gallery opening last weekend. One of these, "A Winter's Day" was more about the weather and why it should be a B&W over a color...the B&W is still hanging on the wall, the color sold as a part of the set of three. "Dock of the Bay" which got two nice comments but no others was the first sale last Saturday night...it was followed rapidly by "Shallow Mooring." Now to be fair, some of the other ones I've posted recently which received higher marks have also sold in the not too distant past in various other galleries, like the one called "Surveyor, Peering Down the Piers and A Small Break in the Clouds." And, in additional fairness, some which have sold in the past are far more appreciative to a local audience and as a result would not reflection of whatever may or may not have been said by this group. Steve, I generally like your comments and do appreciate your points but I don't need to be any taller to reach the cashier's station at the bank...thank you very much.

 

[amolitor]

I think I'd like this better if the whole thing except the light were darker. But that applies to almost every photo ever made, so. Anyways, the light itself seems important and yet lost, to me.

It probably works better bigger, because the light isn't as tiny.

Otherwise I think it's excellent.

 

[amolitor]

As for selling it, I will note that this photo follows that all important rule for saleable pictures:

one or two colors ONLY (with "color" interpreted generously, as "a relatively narrow palette of similar HSVs")

 

[NancyMoranG]

With the weather in my mind recently, the railings almost look like a slight hint of frost.
i think it just the lighting though.
The poem put me in the mood of the photo, nice choice.
Nancy

 

[sleist]

I will stop giving my opinion then.

 

[ceeboy14]

No, Steve...no...