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March 29, 2016 at 10:49 am

I think that the boats and the trees with their reflections work really well. However I do think there is too much of the trees in your picture and I would suggest that you crop off both LHS and RHS to create a square format with the boats in the center.

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February 28, 2016 at 11:43 am

Rob an excellent photo and very well exposed. I do however feel that you have too much foreground in your picture. I think your photo would have more impact if you cropped out a portion from the bottom of the picture. I would suggest half the distance between the bottom and where the timber projects from the water.

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September 25, 2015 at 7:19 pm

Strong composition Mark and your capture of detail in the sky and sea is excellent. I would be tempted to dodge a bit in the main rocks just to add a little more detail to them. As they are I think that they are too dark.

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July 11, 2015 at 7:46 pm

Your photo has a lot of drama in it, but in my opinion it is weakened by the amount of empty beach in the picture. The beach is inclined to hold the viewers eye while all the action is taking place in the upper portion of your photo. Despite all your hard work I would recommend that you crop out a lot of the beach to change the format of your picture to a letterbox shape. I would leave only a tiny area visible, just between those 2 stones and the tide on the RHS. Try it and see what you think.

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July 5, 2015 at 7:57 pm

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April 12, 2015 at 10:23 am

Jenny I think this is a much stronger composition than your other boat shot as the boat is the main subject of your photo backed up by an impressive sky. Your viewpoint on the other ship renders it more secondary to the overall picture.

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February 27, 2015 at 10:32 am

Jenny while I think your photo is very well taken, I feel that because the figure is in the middle of the frame it is a bit static. Would you consider cropping off a portion on the LHS to give the impression of the flyer moving into the picture.

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February 15, 2015 at 11:56 am

Excellent Dave, well getting up for. The line of posts gives your shot a strong foreground and carries the viewers eye into the picture.

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February 12, 2015 at 11:35 am

Mark you have a lovely photo here and your conversion to B&W is excellent showing lots of detail and nice range of tones. I do however think perhaps you have too much of the various elements within the photo. I feel that you could crop some of the foreground or the sky out of your picture to give it more impact. I would personally reduce the amount of sky in the photo as I think the main impact of your photo lies in the foreground. This of course is just my opinion.

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February 8, 2015 at 5:18 pm

Helen your picture is very good and very nicely composed. The shot is well balanced with the trees on the LHS and the house on the RHS. The fence posts would not be an issue with me as they are as much a part of scene as the house and the wall.

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February 4, 2015 at 12:52 pm

Lovely composition and the colours are very vibrant. It has the real look of a shot taken in the USA.

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February 1, 2015 at 5:20 pm

Rob while your shots are invariably excellent I often feel your vertical shots have too many elements in them. This to my mind dissipates the full impact your shot deserves from the viewer. In this case I would suggest that you have far too much sky in your photo thus weakening the presence of the rocks in the foreground. I was thinking if you presented your vertical shots in a square format you would latch onto the essence of the shot that first attracted you to it. Of course this is just my opinion.

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January 22, 2015 at 11:17 am

Dave you certainly have captured a beautiful sunrise. But I think your photo would look even better if you cropped out a lot of sky above the colour area. I think it increases the impact of the sunrise. Well done in any case.

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January 11, 2015 at 8:43 pm

I would agree with John’s suggestion about cropping some of the foreground in order to add more impact to your picture. That area of sky in the middle of the photo looks overcooked to me and does not match the areas on the left or right of it. This is a well photographed graveyard and there is any amount of pictures to be taken here depending on the time of day and year that you happen to visit it.

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January 11, 2015 at 12:53 pm

Mark I feel you are doing your colour version of the first shot a disservice as it was so good and had a terrific range of colours in it. While there is no real fault with your B&W version there is a hint of a cheap version of the colour one to it.. Maybe if you had waited for a longer period of time before posting it it would have been better.

As regards your second shot I think perhaps there is too much sky in it. I also feel that the 3 subjects in the foreground are competing for the viewers attention and as they are spread right across the frame it is difficult for the eye to settle on any one area. So perhaps a stronger sense of composition is needed.