Fishin'

[dmccarty10]

Brutal, huh? Well, okay, I'm game. At least once. What do you think?

 

[Vmann]

I would go with a tighter crop you have a lot of negative space surrounding the people.

Also I think a really shallow DOF would have been nice to blur the farthest person to match the gentleman in the front. As of know I get this feeling that the second and third person are running togother.

Good sharp detail in the second and third person.

 

[darin3200]

How does the viewer know that the people are fishing? I would have had no I idea these people were fishing had you not titled the picture "Fishing". It would work better to just call it something like "Laughter". On the technical side I agree with what Vmann said about DOF. You could even go in photoshope and select the 1st and 3rd people and put a slight blur on them.

 

[dmccarty10]

Ha! I orginally posted four shots together from the same day and it was obvious they were fishing, then I remembered you were only supposed to post one shot at a time here and I deleted the others. So, you're right. I should retitle.

 

[NMLeakway]

i say cut out all of the white space to the left or right of the people, then it will be perfect. Great shot.

 

[jadin]

And I like the negative space...

 

[dmccarty10]

Well Jadin, for the record, I'm with you. The negative space was actually what I liked about it. That and the expression on the boy's face. It's a spontaneous moment, not a controlled studio setting. But, everyone has their own opinion.

 

[DramaDork626]

I like the quality. But as others said, there is too much negative space, and also i think you needed to capture more of their bodies.

 

[Chase]

I'm going with liking the negative space as well. I think if it were cropped, it would look too standard and the negative space on this one gives it a unique feel to me. Something about this photo really appeals to me and the composition is what I think sets it apart.

 

[becca]

I love the negative space! Awesome composition.