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acoppolaComment by travis_cooper: You are a victim of the Critique Club.
Wow, that is a lot of 5s. Sometimes when your picture is in that range people don't really look at your shot long enough to give it a chance.
Pros
- I really like the sky in this shot. I'm glad on your rule of thirds you chose to show more of the sky rather than more of the water. I really like how the clouds keep following that pattern all the way into the horizon. It is nice to have an interesting sky when you are out shooting.
- Partially mentioned above, I think you have some good compositional points here. You used the rule of thirds well. I'm really glad that you left room for the sailboat to move through the picture. Too many times I see shots where the action is right on the edge and there is nowhere for the subject to go. Nice positioning here.
- Especially since your title is 'Wind', I'm glad to see some action here. There are some waves hitting the boat, and the sail is definitely full of wind. Good job in catching some action here, rather than just a shot of a boat in the water.
Cons
- Before I even read through the comments, my first thought was the sail is cutoff. After reading the comments it looks like a lot of your viewers thought that hurt your shot as well. Try two things here, either make the shot tighter, as was suggested in other comments, so we see a little more of the people on the boat, or take a wider shot. Cutting out the sail isn't bad, it just looks like it was an accident here, if the sail was cut off more, or the whole thing could be seen I think you would have seen some of those 5s move up to 6s, or better.
- I don't know if you even have any control of this, but it looks like there is another bank in the back of your shot. At first I thought those were some weird looking waves, but as I studied this shot it looks more like buildings. Those are pretty distracting. It is possible that the tighter shot might also make it more obvious that those are buildings. Or try a more shallow DOF so they aren't as distracting. Like I said, I don't know if this is something you can even have control over, but try both of those options and see if it helps.
This shot has a lot of potential, just look at some of these things when you go out next time. I hope this has been helpful.
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