Newfoundland Shack

[Sid]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sid-williams/1257696490/" title="shack by sid_123184, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1250/1257696490_20adbe9685.jpg" width="500" height="316" alt="shack" /></a>

Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: -2/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

Like the style? Opinions? Over processed? I just want to know 'cause it seems the photos I take that I particularly like, no one else does haha.

[Saralonde]

For me the interesting part of this shot is the house in the back. My eye wants to be drawn to it, but is pulled to the rocks instead. I think if there were a litle fewer rocks and they weren't so bright, it might look better.

Of course it's just MHO. If you are happy with a shot, that's really what counts. But it's good to hear other opinions.

[Sandie]

This one I really do like :) I like the different textures in the grass, the tumbled rocks, and the slats of the shack. I like the stories it makes me come up with. And I like how my eye naturally moves all around the composition. There is a tiny strip up at the top of the frame that is distracting. I would probably burn it down or crop it out.

[clockdoc]

Opinions of others are sometimes helpful but what matters most is how you feel about your work. You created this image with some idea in mind and if it pleases you that is all that really counts. In this case, a little less of the rocks and more of the shack would have made for a stronger image.

[Sid]

This one I really do like :) I like the different textures in the grass, the tumbled rocks, and the slats of the shack. I like the stories it makes me come up with. And I like how my eye naturally moves all around the composition. There is a tiny strip up at the top of the frame that is distracting. I would probably burn it down or crop it out.

yeah I think i see what your talking about the hill/grass above the trees, I I think darkening it up with a slight burn or mask will do it. I dont want to lose the tops of the trees =)

Thanks for the comments!


For me the interesting part of this shot is the house in the back. My eye wants to be drawn to it, but is pulled to the rocks instead. I think if there were a litle fewer rocks and they weren't so bright, it might look better.

Of course it's just MHO. If you are happy with a shot, that's really what counts. But it's good to hear other opinions.


yeah might work with a wide crop. I'll see what its like with the rocks darkened, I don't think to much though cause i dont want to lose the contrast or the details.

[Sid]

Opinions of others are sometimes helpful but what matters most is how you feel about your work. You created this image with some idea in mind and if it pleases you that is all that really counts. In this case, a little less of the rocks and more of the shack would have made for a stronger image.



I did a crop to see if the less rocks more shack thing works, granted you might think so but I think it loses the foreground element it had. See attached.

[clockdoc]

Hi Sid and thanks for the cropped version. In my mind I think I had envisioned more of a vertical composition. You may also want to experiment with flipping the image from left to tight after cropping to see which works best. In the horizontal crop the mass of the rocks still seems to overpower the shack.

[snapdragon]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sid-williams/1257696490/" title="shack by sid_123184, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1250/1257696490_20adbe9685.jpg" width="500" height="316" alt="shack" /></a>

Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: -2/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

Like the style? Opinions? Over processed? I just want to know 'cause it seems the photos I take that I particularly like, no one else does haha.
Hi Sid , I like your photo alot ,only thing I would suggest is maybe to tone down the rocks a tad,5-7% and lighten the darker areas 5-7% . I was in NFL last summer . a great place for taking pics .

[Godfu]

lighten the darker areas 5-7% .

I agree, it's too dark...

[Sid]

Yeah I'll try lighting it up, I guess I tend to lean towards a darker more contrast photo. You guy's are probably/definitely right though =)

[Rlongbeard]

I also was thinking that a vertical composition might make a difference in the "too many rocks" thought. It would still allow for the "foreground element" that I agree the picture should have. Just my opinion, Rick