Thread: Saskatchewan
View Single Post
Old 07-25-2004, 08:25 AM   #12 (permalink)
Sty
Patron
 
Sty's Avatar
 
Administrator
Location: Tôkyô, Japan
Okay, time for some constructive criticism.

1st:
Needs a little bit straightening up, also it looks like the compression/resizing played havoc on the horzontal lines of the 'barrels'. There seems to be also a lot of moiré on almost all of the barrels. I also think that this picture could have more impact if it was symmetric.

2nd:
Front is out of focus, ruining the picture. When shooting landscapes, you should stop down your aperture to a reasonable level and usually put the focus on 1/3rd from the bottom to horizon and then re-compose. There's also a cob(?) on the left side which is completely unnecessary element in the picture.

3rd:
Horizont is tilted, giving the feeling that the houses are 'sliding' out of the picture. Very unnatural. You can easily straighten your horizont with image editing programs.

4th:
Easily the best photograph of this set. Well done. I like the composition, the feeling of peace flowing from the picture. The only things that need fixing are the right side and the placement of the horizont. On the right, the house 'joins' with the edge of the picture which should be avoided. Horizont in this picture should also be somewhere else than on the middle. Generally it's encouraged to make a decision between the ground and the sky, which one is more interesting and then using that as the major element. Exposure seems to be also somewhat off (over).

5th:
Another succesful shot. The front is in focus and the horizont is only little bit tilted. Just fix the tilt and the exposure and this will be a very satisfying shot.

6th:
Repetition of the last one, this time correctly exposed (see how the yellows have the necessary depth and sky is not burned out. E.g. there's a lot more detail in there). I'm not sure about the inclusion of the forest on the right, it distracts the viewer from the field which is absolutelly the main element of the photograph and deserves attention.
__________________
br,
Sty

I route, therefore you exist
Sty is offline  
 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360