Footbridge into the sea

[NinjaWookiee]

Shot on my trip to Italy.
It was a rainy day, but the puddles added a lot to the pic.

C&C is very welcome.


Gangplank 2 by NinjaWookiee on Flickr


Greetings,
Matthias.

 

[The_Traveler]

This kind of shot depends on the perfection of the geometric elements and the impact of the few things there are to look at.
This shot has nice geometricity but there are, imo, some ways it good be improved.
It looks to me like the shot is rotated slightly.
I would separate the roadway and sharpen that with local contrast enhancement to give it some texture and not the flat grey area it is now.
Then I would increase the contrast overall (to your taste) to give it some dynamism.

an example

I hope this is of interest.

Lew

 

[Rick58]

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Here's my take. Overall brightened and bumped up the contrast and slightly sharpened. Maybe it's just a personal preference. See what others think.

 

[KenC]

I would go somewhere between Lew's edit and Rick's. It depends on the mood you want. I would also crop some foreground so that the bottom of the railings is near the lower edge.

 

[Rick58]

Four individuals. Four ideas of how the image should look. It all boils down to personal taste.


BTW, good catch on the rotation Ken, you can see where the boardwalks meet the edge of the frame, something's not level.
You also notice that the handrails split the frame all most exactly in half. In this case I think it works.

 

[NinjaWookiee]

Awesome!
That local contrast enhancement is a great idea and good job on seeing the rotation. I didn't notice that.

Thanks for the suggestions!


Greetings,
Matthias.