Lighthouse on a stormy day

[shaneharrison1]

hey guys, haven't posted much. Just wondering if you could critique my shot below. Its of a lighthouse in fremantle in my home town of Perth.

Thanks

[wijew]

hey shaneharrison1,

I personally feel that there is too much rock in the foreground and the light house is too far away. The lighthouse itself seems to be out of focus. maybe if you zoomed in a bit and focused on the lighthouse and had some of the rock out of focus and in the foreground it would work.

[AZ4Runner]

Shaneharrison1: My initial impression was not of the full sized image but the thumbnail, and I was overwhelmed by the power of the rock. If you're trying to emphasize the light house, I don't get that feeling.

If that's what you were going for, perhaps your next time shooting it (if possible) would be to move to the other side of the rocks, get down low and shoot tight on the light house.

[Tiberius]

The rock, as other have said, is very dominant. Zooming in to the lighthouse would have made it much stronger in the picture.

I've cropped the image and done a few resolution and sharpening things to try to improve the pic, but this is something that is better done by zooming in while you are taking the camera.