Aruba Sunset

[412 Burgh]

Aruba by ZDiBeradin, on Flickr

thoughts?

 

[jwbryson1]

I find the sun to be too centered in the image, plus you've split the screen 50% sky and 50% water which is generally considered a "no no" in terms of composition. I think the composition could use some work. YMMV.

 

[jwbryson1]

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[412 Burgh]

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I respect your input and not saying or turning any CC down, I just don't like how it looses the blue sky in the photo. I don't always think the ROT applies in all cases.

 

[LizardKing]

I was about to say the same. The blue in the sky is something you don't want to loose here... But also agree you have everything too centred here. In addition, it doesn't seem necessary to have all that dead dark space in the water, being that the real beauty of the picture is in the sky. It's enough just by letting some of the water and reflection there.

This is by no means a perfect crop, but I like it better than what I see here and will maybe give you an idea on how to improve it yourself.



BTW what a magical place Aruba... The sunsets there are really something special

edit: I see some strange blur in the water... have you been playing around with the cloning tool or something? it doesn't look natural.

 

[Ernicus]

While the whole "rules were made to be broken" thing works for many things, Rot almost always applies in landscape photography however. there are those that argue their dead center for symmetry purposes, but they almost never work. Read up on why and you'll get a better understanding. The brain doesn't compute when viewing and dismisses the image as real, there are reasons behind it, not just for looks.

I would clone out the boat bits, they are not strong enough to support their being there IMO.

your sensor is dirty.

 

[LizardKing]

RoT is a strong compositional element but it's more of a guideline of what's commonly more pleasing to the viewer's eye. It doesn't mean you have to place your subjects exactly in the intersection of the thirds (powerpoints), but again, it's more of a guideline to try to keep your composition divided in thirds and not in halfs. And one of the reasons for that is because centred things tend to 'feel' static, and you don't usually want that feeling in a sunset or landscape. Moving your horizon line and subject off-center will add more dynamic to the composition.

Anyway, it's a simple but at the same time complicated concept, and it's better to read a good book with better and more detailed explanations about it than reading our ideas here in the forum.

There are times when placing the horizon in the middle can be a good option, depending on the situation... but you usually need to have a strong 'excuse' to do that, and it's a good practice to start getting things off-center and fight the newbie idea to get everything perfectly centered and symmetrical. Most of us started like that and with time realized it works best to break the balance and create tension or work a more dynamic look

 

[412 Burgh]

While the whole "rules were made to be broken" thing works for many things, Rot almost always applies in landscape photography however. there are those that argue their dead center for symmetry purposes, but they almost never work. Read up on why and you'll get a better understanding. The brain doesn't compute when viewing and dismisses the image as real, there are reasons behind it, not just for looks.

I would clone out the boat bits, they are not strong enough to support their being there IMO.

your sensor is dirty.

How can you tell my sensor is dirty?

 

[Heitz]

call me crazy but I like the original best. The beauty of vacation at its finest

 

[Ernicus]

While the whole "rules were made to be broken" thing works for many things, Rot almost always applies in landscape photography however. there are those that argue their dead center for symmetry purposes, but they almost never work. Read up on why and you'll get a better understanding. The brain doesn't compute when viewing and dismisses the image as real, there are reasons behind it, not just for looks.

I would clone out the boat bits, they are not strong enough to support their being there IMO.

your sensor is dirty.

How can you tell my sensor is dirty?

Well, I thought I saw two spots in the sky. When I downloaded and blew it up to mark them for you, it turns out one was a spot on my monitor...lolz...and the other was just a very odd mark...almost like you cloned out a spot or bird or something, but looked to un natural to be a cloud as compared to the others.

So I guess my comment should have read...

"oh...and my monitor is dirty"

lol

 

[Ernicus]

 

[412 Burgh]

It may or may not be a clone mark. I forget I don't think I did much cloning to be honest. Most was done in LR4

 

[Ernicus]

Certainly not noticeable, it's just a habit for me to check the skies as I am responsible for looking for dust spots on trade ins at work so now its an annoying habit. lol