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[Flyingfish]

I kinda like this oil paiting feeling but one of my friends doesn't. So I'd like to see how you guys think about it... Thanks!

[carl yeomans]

iam by no means an expert, or for that matter an ameture.
for my eyes it seems to busy and seems to have a lot of distactons.
my eyes can seem to settle on a point.

[Pokemom]

I think it's beautiful! I love pictures like this. Makes me want to have a picnic and try to get a closeup of that little bird there

[Flyingfish]

Are you that friend I refered to in my post She said almost the same thing as you.
I appreciate your comment

Originally Posted by carl yeomans

iam by no means an expert, or for that matter an ameture.
for my eyes it seems to busy and seems to have a lot of distactons.
my eyes can seem to settle on a point.

[Flyingfish]

Thanks, Pokemom.

Originally Posted by Pokemom

I think it's beautiful! I love pictures like this. Makes me want to have a picnic and try to get a closeup of that little bird there

[yurik]

I have to agree with your friend.. I see the potential in the picture, it is a beautiful landscape, but it seems like too much is going on, and also, the color seems a bit dark to me

[Flyingfish]

Then how do you see to improve it? Thanks

Originally Posted by yurik

I have to agree with your friend.. I see the potential in the picture, it is a beautiful landscape, but it seems like too much is going on, and also, the color seems a bit dark to me

[drt205]

I like the picture but agree that it is a little too busy. I really like the three gulls that seem to be floating above the water. Perhaps cropping it to contain just the upper right quadrant would help to draw your attention to these birds and it would remove all the dark land that is at the bottom of the picture.

I hope you don't mind that I played around with your picture to try to develop a different point of interest.

[Flyingfish]

I totally see what you did! Good work! I really like my original picture, but now by comparison I know I like the cropped one even better!

Originally Posted by drt205

I like the picture but agree that it is a little too busy. I really like the three gulls that seam to be floating above the water. Perhaps cropping it to contain just the upper right quadrant would help to draw your attention to these birds and it would remove all the dark land that is at the bottom of the picture.

I hope you don't mind that I played around with your picture to try to develop a different point of interest.

[jiminyClickit]

Flyingfish,

Busy, yes, lots of detail as well. drt205's crop looks good. Also 1/3 of left in portrait orientation would get sunlit boulders, wave action and hillside w/sky. Even center 1/3, portrait, with seagull included. A wealth of options.

If you added a canvas texture, the colors are nearly rich enough to pass as oils.