Breaking the rule of thirds. Did it work?

[jgomez65]

I took this picture of my niece during a photoshoot a couple of months ago. I liked the way the wave was crashing in the background, so I decided to artificially extend the background by cloning some elements of the wave. By doing this, her possition on the photo was changed to the far right instead of the center of the image.

What do you think of the results? Is it too disproportionate or it actually helped the photo?

Original picture out of the camera



Final results

[Pitrih]

i really like the postprocessing makes the photo much more alive than original, and the new format works for me
but the cloning is obvious.

[dolphin1]

I think it does work and I love the photo! I also love how you edited it. What did you do to get this result?

[vsa]

The colors in the processed image work really well. But the cloning is kinda obvious and the waves on the left side look fake.

I'd try cropping it to a square (or close to square) which would make her fill pretty much the whole frame. Although that would make her appear in the lines of them thirds. So I guess my answer to the question would be that this time breaking the rules didn't work well. But the colors are still great!

[Olivia and Rose]

I like the second one. the photo is not as static. you can hear the water in the second photo as well.

[pjflan7]

You actually did not follow the rule of 3rds in the original but followed it in the processed shot......I like the 2nd one better but the waves do look cloned but alot of people would not necessarily catch it as the focus is on the face of the lady

[jgomez65]

Originally Posted by dolphin1

I think it does work and I love the photo! I also love how you edited it. What did you do to get this result?

The colors were obtained in Light Room using a preset called "Fashion Shot" then adjusting some of the settings.

Thank you for the feedback

[Irene Sofia]

Pretty good, congratulations. Your work is very good specially with the lighting althoug the clone wave is kind of obvious, try to transforme the clone area make it larger so you wont need to clone it three times... but everything else is an A. It´s a good photo for print dont leave it in digital.

[z0mbina80]

i agree.. the colors are lovely but the wave on the left is a bit too fake for me.. otherwise, well done

[Agata]

I really like the effect and how the overall look. The wave could be changed but that's small potatoes. I love the way the color turned out in that photo.