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View from The Hill of Tara
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The view from Hill of Tara from a while ago. Comment & Critique welcome as usual
Edit: Uploaded second edit.
The mystery is what is he/she photographing ..
Nice .. i like ..
but not the title ..
deSuinHi Ali.
For me this is an ‘almost but not quite’ sort of image, if you know what I mean. I think it’s because it’s almost but not quite a silhouette. The camera and tripod, the photographer’s legs, head and hands are all thrown by the bright shirt/jacket, almost as though we should see the photographer’s face but the image was underexposed.
But I don’t mean to say I don’t like aspects of it. Living not so far away I visit the hill at least once a week and haven’t been lucky enough to be there myself for such a nice sky as you’ve managed to capture. I think the composition is quite nice and I also like your crop and framing. Very nice. The shirt/jacket is the only thing that spoils this for me, oh yes, and that little rectangular marker peeping up out of the grass left of frame.
Regards
Rob.
Thanks DeSuin.
Rob: Thanks for critique Rob, i created a mask and created a silhouette. You’re definitely right looks alot better.
I’ve also removed the marker. See what you think.Ali, I love it. I particularly like the sky and silhouetted blades of grass. Sky has lovely contrast.
Technically it’s an OK shot. Composition is good if not a little cliche (who am I talk on that point?) and from the version that I’m looking at here, the shape is definitely silhouette, which is good. Colours are nice too, but could be boosted a touch perhaps? Technicalities aside though, the shot just doesn’t interest or inspire me. As an after thought, perhaps from shooting lower you would have captured more of the photographers legs rather than having them blend in with the background from the knee up?
:) Thanks for critique Ciaran. The problem with getting lower was that it would have left his head in the clouds so to speak and i wouldnt have had enough contrast between the clouds and his head to be able to distinguish between the two. I definitely agree with the colours :) Maybe next time.
Ali wrote:
Rob: Thanks for critique Rob, i created a mask and created a silhouette. You’re definitely right looks alot better.
I’ve also removed the marker. See what you think.A vast improvement imho, completely changes the mood of the shot. Spot on.
Rob
Nice shot…
I like the way most of the image is a letterbox shape… and the way the image goes from black to colours and to black again…
It’s a very motivating photo…
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