St. Marks Lighthouse

[ceeboy14]

Google coordinates: 30.073801,-84.179606

 

[amolitor]

What I see is a slavish following of the photographer's rule of thirds, which produces postcard/calendar photographs instead of actually good ones, and a sort of bland subject.

I do like the texture of the lighthouse against the texture of the sky, but I feel like this is caught between two extremes:

- two large expanses of subtly interesting texture playing off against one another
- an appealing if cliched photograph of a lighthouse and surround

It IS nice in that it's a lighthouse picture with no rocks and no water, which definitely makes it unusual and gives it a degree of interest. I think there's a potentially good photograph here someplace, but stepping away from the "how would I shoot a postcard of this thing?" approach, by quite a long ways, is necessary to find it.

 

[ceeboy14]

It was designed to be a postcard image and I've already sent it off to the National Parks media store in hopes of a sale. I've never sold to the NPS but have sold quite a few to a variety of state parks for postcards...hey, do enough and before long you can afford another lens. Everything I own was purchased from sales like this. I am thrilled you find it to be a cliche'd photo of a lighthouse and its surroundings...damn good chance of a sale.

 

[amolitor]

Except it's not quite there! It's in a no-man's land between that and this other thing about textures!

I mean, I hope it sells and makes a buncha money for you, because, hey, money. Sweet! Good luck!

 

[ceeboy14]

I disagree as to it's not being there but that's the fun of all this...me being right and you not....:lmao:

 

[amolitor]

I disagree as to it's not being there but that's the fun of all this...me being right and you not....:lmao:

We agree perfectly! Word for word, one might say!