WPC 1533 - Green* CRITIQUE: bob44044 's WPC Entry has been selected for the Photo Critique Forum* to find out what could have done to make it better. Be nice, but be honest as this may...

St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet

bob44044's WPC Entry has been selected for the Photo Critique Forum* to find out what could have done to make it better.

Be nice, but be honest as this may help everyone with their craft. Thank you everyone!

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Leicaflex Loc: Cymru

The composition is good however, I do find the circular flower bed a little distracting.
The photograph seems to be over saturated though.

wowbmw Loc: Grant, Colorado

While the composition is well done, the rendering is too cooked for my taste. Certainly fits the green theme.

jim hill Loc: Springfield, IL

St3v3M wrote:

bob44044's WPC Entry has been selected for the Photo Critique Forum* to find out what could have done to make it better.

Be nice, but be honest as this may help everyone with their craft. Thank you everyone!

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As the wife walked by a little while ago and saw this on my screen she asked, "What the H--- is that?" Upon looking a little closer and then further away her next comment was that it reminded her of a certain body pert with a bad case of hemorrhoids.

The point being, from a critique standpoint, is that the hole in the right foreground is much to prominent for the remainder of the photograph. This one probably should have been photographed somewhat further back. Or, make the hole the picture with a lovely reflection in which case maybe a little closer and higher.

The greens are too green and the reds are too red. Hurts my eyes. As someone else already said, a little too much saturation. Try it with the slider somewhat to the left.

Cape Codder Loc: Cape Cod

I like the way the photographer hid a bland sky with the overhanging branches. However, I did find my eye sort of wandering as I looked for the center of interest. Lots of good stuff in the picture. Maybe try focusing on the shed or the reflection in the pool or just the lake. Hope you have a chance to go back and work this scene some more.

If you live nearby, you also might find it interesting to try this shot as the seasons change.

Nightski

Jim, perhaps if the circular part of the pond had been photographed closer up so that just a part of it came into the frame on bottom right corner? I do like the reflections and the bird, and because it's a perfect circle I think it would work on the edge of the frame.

For me the overly bright sky is a distraction. It looks as though it could be dealt with in post if the image was taken as a RAW capture.

jim hill Loc: Springfield, IL

Nightski wrote:

Jim, perhaps if the circular part of the pond had been photographed closer up so that just a part of it came into the frame on bottom right corner? I do like the reflections and the bird, and because it's a perfect circle I think it would work on the edge of the frame.

For me the overly bright sky is a distraction. It looks as though it could be dealt with in post if the image was taken as a RAW capture.

Great point, Sandra. Looking at it again the whole pond is overwhelming. Maybe if it were cropped up from the bottom to a point where it seems to be in balance with the rest of the piece and if the colours were a little less saturated and the sky problem resolved it might be improved a lot. Then it presents as a lovely piece.

I have seldom, if ever, been able to return to any location in an attempt to re-photograph and come up with anything near the feeling I experienced on first viewing. If this photographer could do that it might be worth a try and present with a learning experience. I can imagine the feelings coming with this encounter. Must have been a wonderful moment.

gplawhorn Loc: Norfolk, Nebraska

It's easier to show what I think than describe it, but cropping to show the building to greater effect, and to show the heron in the pond, is more subjectively pleasing to my eye

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

There's a lot here. There's nice, interesting sky. There's a very interesting building. There are tree branches with interesting sort of flowerets or something in them. The stream, the pond, the rolling yard, etc. I think there's just to much stuff. If it were just the pond or just the building or just the stream perhaps it would be better? As it is I can't seem to decide what to look at.

jim hill Loc: Springfield, IL

gplawhorn wrote:

It's easier to show what I think than describe it, but cropping to show the building to greater effect, and to show the heron in the pond, is more subjectively pleasing to my eye

Thought I would say nice effort before admin takes this post down. I see it's your first encounter with Critique so be advised there is only one photograph per thread allowed in Critique unless you are the op and present with colour and b/w of the same image.

I like your version much better and what Axpiclady has to offer is probably correct. Although, I have seen much more complicated photographs.

jonsommer Loc: Usually, somewhere on the U.S. west coast.

It kinda looks this was an attempt to combine HDR with over saturation of the Reds and Greens. If that was the photographers intent, they were very successful. I think the image could be salvaged, perhaps, if the colors were normally saturated, it was cropped to include either the building in the distance OR the round fountain, not both in the same frame, and finally, eliminate the HDR effect.

Nightski

jim hill wrote:

Great point, Sandra. Looking at it again the whole... (show quote)

I do that all the time. It gets better with every attempt .. different .. but better.