Simplicity or Huge sea/small boat (framed)by
JaviZComment by purpleflutterby13: Greetings from the Critique Club.
Wow, can I just say - I love this!!! Great simple framing and composition, and the slight imbalance in composition makes it seem pretty much as if the boat is rocking :)
Strange patronising comment about how you should learn what a frame is? Ignore it. Obviously this is a frame, and obviously it meets the challenge. And a very nice frame too.
As for the comments along the lines of - wouldn't it be nice if it was a full-on pirate longboat having a marine fight with a large sea monster poking its head out just as you took the shot... Well, they stand :) That would be awesome. But what can you do.
One thing I don't like about the photo is that it strikes me as a bit too gray, I think it would look much nicer if it was lighter. Something that could easily be altered in pp, by lightening it using levels or brightness/contrast adjustments. Maybe a little bit more saturation would be nice as well (though not necessary).
So yeah, I'd say overall the picture is very good (as you can tell from the score), but maybe tweaking with it a bit more in post-processing would have made it even better.
The title... It's a good idea not to hit the voters on the head with the challenge theme in the title, it should be obvious from the picture. I do like both the titles though :)
Anyway, hope this helps. And good luck with future challenges!
Jelena
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