Beach sillouette(I think thats how it's spelled)

[Deadeye008]

We went to Lake Tahoe last week. I had my wife take this shot of my son and I. It was about 15 min before sunset. C&C welcome! Thanks for looking!

 

[emogirl]

its a beautiful shot, but it could be improved by a crop to get you out of 'the bullseye' and get rid of the empty space.

 

[just x joey]

looks good. except his crotch is glowing

 

[Sweetsomedays]

looks good. except his crotch is glowing

Thats exactly what I thought. It's a beautiful picture but the reflection os the sun on the water is way distraction...or more so it's location.

 

[Deadeye008]

its a beautiful shot, but it could be improved by a crop to get you out of 'the bullseye' and get rid of the empty space.

Like this? I got rid of the bicycle tracks too. Don't know if I can do much about the "glowing crotch"...

 

[emogirl]

Actually, i do like that better, but you are still in the bulleye position, crop off more of the right side and top....it will just pull the balance to the side a bit. the shining crotch doesnt bother me....but if it irks you, you can just clone it out..

 

[Trenton Romulox]

Crop off more. Crop out the boat on the left and the trees on the right, add maybe a little more contrast, and your shot goes from 'good' to 'great'.

 

[skieur]

Actually that is "silhouette" to be precise.

skieur

 

[just x joey]

Actually that is "silhouette" to be precise.

skieur

wow what a waste of a comment, way to go!


OP, try to crop off sum as someone above me has said, take out the boat on the left, and the trees on the right.

 

[LaFoto]

The OP WONDERED about the spelling, so why not allow someone to tell him what the correct spelling is? If Skieur had not said so, I would have.

And yes, also I feel it would ask for some further cropping, though I would not crop in from the right, I like how the long shadows start to come out of the bottom right corner. But there sure is too much on the left and also too much sky ... I hope you don't mind I am showing you what I mean:

Both pics (your first shown here and my version that should indicate where I find the cropping might best be) have already been deleted from my computer.

I think the "glowing crotch" is quite funny .

 

[Deadeye008]

Alright, I think I've got it right this time. Thanks all for your help!
How's this?

 

[Jaymz77]

Very nice! I liked the original but the newest cropped version is really nice, the shadows pull the subject right to you..

 

[bellacat]

very nice shot...i like the latest crop version best. The glowing crotch doesnt bother me much, really I hadn't noticed until someone mentioned it.

 

[Vivienne]

Very nice! I prefer the original one!

 

[rob91]

Sweet shot, I prefer the original though; has a sort of freaky, mystical quality to it that is brought out more with the epic size of the shot. As for the sun-crotch, you could ascribe all kinds of allegory to it, like the child next to him is the fruit of his "golden loins". Kind of an absurdist humor to it, which I like...good stuff.