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photaholic · May 23, 2014

So im liking taking pictures more and more and worked a bit on the picture below.

if you can make it better, where and how would it be

Picture is ok to edit ..

_DSC0728 by shuttersoundss, on Flickr

wyogirl · May 23, 2014

The one thing that strikes me is that I don't see a clear subject. There is a lot to look at. There is the building, that pole and the couple in the background. Having a more defined subject would make for a better picture. But, that said, I do still like the picture.

photaholic · May 23, 2014

Thanks

also May be clone out the pole ??

wyogirl said:
The one thing that strikes me is that I don't see a clear subject. There is a lot to look at. There is the building, that pole and the couple in the background. Having a more defined subject would make for a better picture. But, that said, I do still like the picture.

Msteelio91 · May 23, 2014

Cool shot! I agree on the lack of subject but it's a neat picture nonetheless.

The_Traveler · May 23, 2014

IMO, that pole is a killer.
It totally diverts from the people.

Designer · May 23, 2014

photaholic said:
Maybe clone out the pole ??

No. IMO, the pole serves a very useful function. You were supposed to run to the pole, brace you camera on it, and take a picture of the people on the beach.

photaholic · May 23, 2014

The_Traveler said:
IMO, that pole is a killer.
It totally diverts from the people.

I like this

So other than cloning the pole what else is done ?? A little more color saturation ?? Or contrast ??

Derrel · May 23, 2014

NO--leave the pole IN the frame!!!! The pole shows us distance, and scale.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/124872185@N08/14061582368/

I see about three different,viable potential final photos within this shot. Crop off the entire right-hand 2/3. Crop it in the middle. Crop the far,far left into a square.

This wide-format is a very tricky aspect ratio to work in; there are some nice pictures within the frame you show. You need to eliminate that extreme width, and create a good picture from the whole frame.

This is a very good example of a photo capture where ,"Less is truly more." Like wyogirl, Amanda, stated above, "The one thing that strikes me is that I don't see a clear subject. There is a lot to look at. There is the building, that pole and the couple in the background. Having a more defined subject would make for a better picture. But, that said, I do still like the picture."

SHOW us the clear subject we desire, by eliminating large parts that are obscuring the key parts of the scene.

KmH · May 23, 2014

The building and the people serve to establish distance and scale.
+1 for no pole.

photaholic · May 23, 2014

Very intresting .. but very tough lol

im not getting the idea of how (what part to crop)

failing to visualize i guess

So essentially Crop the picture to show one of the main subjects

1. like crop off the building and clone out the pole ??

the way i thought was building will be main subject but the ppl are nice somewhere in the fog..

Derrel said:
NO--leave the pole IN the frame!!!! The pole shows us distance, and scale.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/124872185@N08/14061582368/

I see about three different,viable potential final photos within this shot. Crop off the entire right-hand 2/3. Crop it in the middle. Crop the far,far left into a square.

This wide-format is a very tricky aspect ratio to work in; there are some nice pictures within the frame you show. You need to eliminate that extreme width, and create a good picture from the whole frame.

This is a very good example of a photo capture where ,"Less is truly more." Like wyogirl, Amanda, stated above, "The one thing that strikes me is that I don't see a clear subject. There is a lot to look at. There is the building, that pole and the couple in the background. Having a more defined subject would make for a better picture. But, that said, I do still like the picture."

SHOW us the clear subject we desire, by eliminating large parts that are obscuring the key parts of the scene.

Derrel · May 23, 2014

Here you go, three 20-second crops in Lightroom. See how the CLEAR pole shows us the closeness of the foreground, and the sea-spray or fog conveys increasing distance? The pole is not just about scale...it's about literally showing, it's about visually demonstrating your ability to convey a sense of increasing distance, using a two-dimensional medium. The pole was actually there. You used it well,and getting rid of it only reinforces the idea that the world of photos must be idealized and perfected, or emphasizes the idea that including it was "a mistake". The fact that it can be cloned out without much effort today is a good example of the mentality common today in "digital imaging", as opposed to the concepts that were prevalent during the that boring old 150 years people were stuck doing "photography". Idealizing every scene by cloning out items after the fact is a different way of looking at modern landscape photography than the one I typically practice. It's no longer 1859, and man-made stuff fills the landscapes and seashores of the world in many areas. My three crops emphasize the strengths I saw in your original panoramic formatted image file.

I left the seagull in there. Some people would probably clone the bird out. I thought the gull added to the scene.

Designer · May 23, 2014

Taking a shot at it.

Designer · May 23, 2014

Oh, BTW: I made a rash assumption that the pole might actually be plumb, so I straightened the photograph 0.4 degrees before I cropped.

Now you have balance, a diagonal line, and subjects at the "thirds". It would work as a square crop, although I didn't think about it at the time.

Hmm... I should have cloned out the dark spots of sand in the middle.