From a technical point of view there's some good lessons to be learnt from this picture. The photographer has taken it from a relatively low position with quite a wide angle lens, hence emphasising the natural attributes. Keeping the film plane (sorry, sensor) almost parallel to the subject reduces the wide angle effect so that the head doesn't appear un-naturally small in comparison with the hips., and by having the arms outstretched and wide and slightly back, helps not only frame the picture but tightens up the chest and abdomen area.
From a negative pov, (and forgetting the extra Sun) it also demonstrates the problem getting a level flat horizon when the water is separated from the sky by a narrow piece of land.
I don't know if WirtzWorld thought of all these things whilst composing this picture, though I guess that most of it came automatically to him from his years of experience.
Kudos to you WirtzWorld.
Why not post the original photo with download and seeing what some of the experts here can do with it then learn from their instructions?
Now here's the danger. You want a wide shot but you're fighting the lens here. A wide angle will create a false perspective making closer things look bigger. You are, I guess limited for room/space here but try sacrificing some of the scene by using a longer lens (or a longer setting on your zoom), if possible, and aiming to have the figure fill more of the frame.
You can't beat a good cake although I guess the more you beat it the better the cake, lol.
might have been improved by having the model raising her arms paralleling the conduit?
The gloves just make it different, changes a classic view into something unusual.
The photographer who doesn't try alternative ideas lacks inspiration.
you have some lovely memories Jim...
JohnFrim wrote:
I don't often ask my wife to look at the images here (she thinks I waste FAR too much time on UHH) but this one caught my interest regarding a section of landscaping I am thinking about doing with pea gravel. The area is on a bit of a slope, and I thought cement blocks might be a great way of keeping them in place!!! My wife did not notice the blocks and gravel at first!
..and I guess, she refused to lay naked on your garden holding the pea gravel in place?
Sorry to say that this one doesn't work for me? I think it may be because the pyramid is not a fully independent object but merges into the beach. Admire the colouring though.
JohnFrim wrote:
Your stated subject -- the fisherman -- is too far away, too small, underexposed, and out of focus.
Is that fisherman using a barbed hook?...