Elegance on the Seashore
Feb 7, 2017 05:26:01 #
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Feb 7, 2017 06:18:49 #
leftj
Loc: Texas
blondieone wrote:
Sunrise and an amazing light on the water
To me the real subject of the photo is the water and the sunrise reflecting on it so the somewhat blurred image of the bird in flight works for me.
Feb 7, 2017 06:22:45 #
leftj wrote:
To me the real subject of the photo is the water and the sunrise reflecting on it so the somewhat blurred image of the bird in flight works for me.
Your eye is drawn to the bird first and that becomes the subject. The eye is always drawn to the lightest object in the photograph.
Feb 7, 2017 06:29:05 #
leftj
Loc: Texas
Brucej67 wrote:
Your eye is drawn to the bird first and that becomes the subject. The eye is always drawn to the lightest object in the photograph.
You don't know my eye. You can only speak to your eye. Mine is drawn to the most outstanding feature of the image which is the beauty of the sunrise reflecting on the water.
Feb 7, 2017 06:37:33 #
leftj wrote:
You don't know my eye. You can only speak to your eye. Mine is drawn to the most outstanding feature of the image which is the beauty of the sunrise reflecting on the water.
The object is to improve photography and I was not criticizing you, but it is a standard art and photography practice and would be critiqued as such. Your opinions are your own and I don't have the right to step on your opinion, however unless you are a judge of photography and can offer proof that I am wrong I stand by my statement.
Feb 7, 2017 06:43:57 #
leftj
Loc: Texas
Brucej67 wrote:
The object is to improve photography and I was not criticizing you, but it is a standard art and photography practice and would be critiqued as such. Your opinions are your own and I don't have the right to step on your opinion, however unless you are a judge of photography and can offer proof that I am wrong I stand by my statement.
I don't need to prove you wrong. As you stated my opinions are my own as is yours. With respect to photography judges, judging photography is not a science. It is subjective therefore a photography judge is judging a photograph through his/her own set of likes/dislikes and biases.
Feb 7, 2017 06:51:29 #
leftj wrote:
I don't need to prove you wrong. As you stated my opinions are my own as is yours. With respect to photography judges, judging photography is not a science. It is subjective therefore a photography judge is judging a photograph through his/her own set of likes/dislikes and biases.
http://www.lightstalking.com/draw-the-eye/
Feb 7, 2017 07:02:12 #
leftj
Loc: Texas
Brucej67 wrote:
http://www.lightstalking.com/draw-the-eye/
Funny - I read the link and noticed one section referred to the use of light. The sunrise bouncing off the water is precisely what drew my eye in the image.
Feb 7, 2017 07:05:34 #
leftj wrote:
Funny - I read the link and noticed one section referred to the use of light. The sunrise bouncing off the water is precisely what drew my eye in the image.
Ok, so you see the water before the bird.
Feb 7, 2017 07:17:06 #
blondieone wrote:
Sunrise and an amazing light on the water
There are some shots we take that we wish were better ... unfortunately wishing doesn't make it so. The bird is out of focus and altho you want to call attention to the sun on the water, it looks like you were photographing the bird. If you were photographing the sun on the water, you should have waited a second or so for the bird to get out of the picture.
Feb 7, 2017 07:23:04 #
leftj
Loc: Texas
Brucej67 wrote:
Ok, so you see the water before the bird.
The bird is either landing or taking off so some blur is ok but bright reflection of the sunrise on the water is the crowning glory of this image. The image would not be as interesting without the bird but to me the bird is complementary but not the primary subject.
Feb 7, 2017 07:27:05 #
leftj wrote:
The bird is either landing or taking off so some blur is ok but bright reflection of the sunrise on the water is the crowning glory of this image. The image would not be as interesting without the bird but to me the bird is complementary but not the primary subject.
The bird is not blurred ... the bird is out of focus.
Feb 7, 2017 07:27:37 #
leftj wrote:
The bird is either landing or taking off so some blur is ok but bright reflection of the sunrise on the water is the crowning glory of this image. The image would not be as interesting without the bird but to me the bird is complementary but not the primary subject.
Back focusing and it is never OK for a main subject.
Feb 7, 2017 07:30:34 #
leftj
Loc: Texas
Howard5252 wrote:
The bird is not blurred ... the bird is out of focus.
You say tomauto - I say tomato. It's still a piece of fruit.
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