young sailor

[learner]

October 10, 2007 at 11:05 am

Hello’
the only editing I have access to is picasa2 so heres an attempt.
C&C welcome

Thanks
Ita

[jb7]

October 10, 2007 at 5:46 pm

Hello learner-

I don’t know picasa,
so I don’t know what it can do-

The main difficulty I have with this one that is you’re not close enough-
after that, you maybe didn’t get the attention of the young sailor-
he looks distracted by something off to the side-

This wouldn’t be so much of a problem if the child was distracted, or engrossed,
but the child is obviously engaging with something,
but its out of shot, and it isn’t you-
and by extension, the viewer.

Perhaps carrying a little birdie,
and producing it just as you’re ready to take the picture might do the trick- :wink:

The conversion is nice-
perhaps a bit contrasty-
we’re losing detail in the shadows on the child’s face-

Getting closer would remove the post (rowlock? sternpost?) to the left,
which is a big distraction-

Horizontal horizons are easy these days,
and are one less distraction-
I’m sure picasa allows you to rotate-

One more thing-
this picture seems to have an Adobe RGB profile-
Its maybe not so important for mono,
but pictures on the internet should be posted with an sRGB profile-

Here’s a quick edit-
but closer might still have been better-

j

[learner]

October 10, 2007 at 8:20 pm

Hi J
thank you for the detailed reply on how I can get things better, its this good constructive feed back that will hopefully lead me to capturing a few good shots sometime

Ita