• Photos

  • Level

  • Score

''Sailer's Delight"

© Lorraine Foster

''Sailer's Delight"

Uploaded: October 18, 2001

Description

Sunset at Harris Beach, Oregon. Taken with a Canon 1V

Comments

Glenn Theal October 18, 2001

I like this image a lot, Lorraine, and it has wonderful potential. But the seagull and the people on the beach seem to be out of scale. This is probably artifact caused by your using a wide-angle lens. Such lenses tend to increase distance between objects, causing some distortion in scale.

I would digitally remove the people on the beach; thus, creating the seagull to be the main subject. By doing this the leading line taking the viewer's eye up through the photo to the sun and the seagull is uninterupted. Removing the people will simplify the image, making it stronger. As it stands now, they take away from the leading line.

Cheers,
Glenn #1284

Lorraine Foster October 19, 2001

Thank you, Glenn, as always for your suggestions. I shall try to do as you say, digitally. I was on a mountain top so the people did look small, but I agree with you that it would look better with them gone. Thanks. Lorraine #1965

To discuss, first log in or sign up (buttons are at top center of page).

Get Constructive Critiques

Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.


 

Did You Know?

Discussions by Category: You can view photo discussions on various themes in the Community > Photo Discussions section of the site.

BetterPhoto Websites: If you see an orange website link directly under the photographer's name, it's totally okay. It's not spam. The reason: BetterPhoto is the one that offers these personal photography websites. We are supporting our clients with those links.

Unavailable EXIF: If there is no other information but 'Unavailable' in the EXIF (meaning no EXIF data exists with the photo), the 'Unavailable' blurb is not displayed. If there is any info, it shows. Many photos have the EXIF stripped out when people modify the image and resave it, before uploading.


 

The following truth is one of the core philosophies of BetterPhoto:

I hear, I forget.
I see, I remember.
I do, I understand.

You learn by doing. Take your next online photography class.

You &

Love It!


Copyright for this photo belongs solely to Lorraine Foster.
Images may not be copied, downloaded, or used in any way without the expressed, written permission of the photographer.
Log in to follow or message this photographer or report this photo.