Silent Still

[Majeed Badizadegan]

Silent Still by Majeed Badizadegan (Rotanimod), on Flickr

 

[Fred Berg]

I like how this is almost symmetrical, but then not quite. The tones are very appealing, the light is nice and, for me, the inclusion of a human figure adds interest since the organic forms of the body provide a nice contrast to the otherwise geometric shapes of the jetty.

 

[sleist]

This is a nice shot overall. Wanted to see it on my good monitor before I commented.

The person hurts the shot for me, but I'm not sure removing her helps either. Makes no sense, I know, but the figure detracts in my opinion.
Perhaps if you were closer so that she had more detail - became more a part of the composition.

I wonder too if the heavy blacks in the foreground create too much negative space. Makes me feel like the bottom 1/4 of the shot is unnecessary.
More detail in the water here might have helped that.

 

[Mully]

I like the shot but without the sky as it detracts from the image .... when I scroll the sky out of the shot I looks much better to me.

 

[Majeed Badizadegan]

I like how this is almost symmetrical, but then not quite. The tones are very appealing, the light is nice and, for me, the inclusion of a human figure adds interest since the organic forms of the body provide a nice contrast to the otherwise geometric shapes of the jetty.

Thanks Fred.

This is a nice shot overall. Wanted to see it on my good monitor before I commented.

The person hurts the shot for me, but I'm not sure removing her helps either. Makes no sense, I know, but the figure detracts in my opinion.
Perhaps if you were closer so that she had more detail - became more a part of the composition.

I wonder too if the heavy blacks in the foreground create too much negative space. Makes me feel like the bottom 1/4 of the shot is unnecessary.
More detail in the water here might have helped that.

The person hurts the shot but she doesn't . I see what you're saying. Maybe it's not coming together as smoothly as I would have hoped.

I like the shot but without the sky as it detracts from the image .... when I scroll the sky out of the shot I looks much better to me.

Excellent suggestion. I'll try it out

 

[Bend The Light]

Agree with Mully...even cropping out the hills and sky. It makes a lovely graphic image. I like the figure in the position it is in now once the image is cropped. Without the crop, I want the figure to be symetrical, maybe with back to us on the jetty, looking out over the water.

Any which way, it's a great image, and the conversion is super.

 

[Derrel]

Can you talk a little bit about why the water at the bottom of the frame is so darkly rendered? The loss of all highlights on the surface of the water in the foreground leaves it entirely black, almost like outer space...is that the idea we're supposed to take away from this shot?

 

[Majeed Badizadegan]

Agree with Mully...even cropping out the hills and sky. It makes a lovely graphic image. I like the figure in the position it is in now once the image is cropped. Without the crop, I want the figure to be symetrical, maybe with back to us on the jetty, looking out over the water.

Any which way, it's a great image, and the conversion is super.

I tried cropping the image. I feel like there's a lot of tension at the top of the frame with buoys so close to the edge. If there was more water up there, I'd be less inclined to say so. Not sure I dig it.

Thanks for the comment!

Can you talk a little bit about why the water at the bottom of the frame is so darkly rendered? The loss of all highlights on the surface of the water in the foreground leaves it entirely black, almost like outer space...is that the idea we're supposed to take away from this shot?

A very high contrast, high punch conversion. The purpose was to drive the eye right into center frame, but also give the frame a surreal feel to couple the long exposure effect.

 

[ztekneq]

perf.