Overlooking
by dewofwinter

Comment by macrothing:


Critique Club Critique

First Impressions
I like the vantage point and the angle, but the image needs straightening. The OOF fore dominates a little too much as well, in my opinion.

Photograph Information, Technicals & Composition Review
I'm not sure why you chose a shutter speed of 1/105s, as you don't mention it in your Photographer's Comments, however for this scene, and with the apparent light, I guess that it may not have been necessary. It doesn't look like a shutter speed of this long, so it may be a typo in your Photographic Information details.

A deeper focal length than f/3.5 would have allowed more of the fore focus to be sharper. I like the effect created by the OOF (out of focus) background, but I believe the image would be stronger with the fore shoes both in focus.

Composition wise, straightening of the image so that the distant 'horizon' is straight, would have helped as well. Placement of the subject: there is nowhere really to go - you have placed them in the middle of the frame, albeit down the bottom of the frame, which is 'ok', but doesn't create any real impact, other than a fairly strong first hand point of view, which for shoes, I'm not sure is necessarily a good thing. But that may be subjective.

The sky is 'blown out', so either cropping down to reduce that within the image, or adjsuting the exposure (re my comments above) would have allowed more detail of the distant sky (which plays a fairly important role in the image) to come into play.

Comments, Score & Placement Review
4.74 and a placement of 93/199, perhaps reflects that most voters were distracted by the main impact of the image - the tilted background. You have a few especially good comments to help you with this image.

Summary
A variation in composition and more control of the focus and exposure would have made this a stronger image.

I noticed you placed this image in the Portraiture and Persuasive galleries... interesting.

PS
I see this is your first submission to DPC - congratulations on taking the plunge. It is a great way to learn about photography and the different arts involved.

Overlooking
by dewofwinter

Comment by stargazer05766:
Ilike how u did this..

Overlooking
by dewofwinter

Comment by HarryY:
Not sure about the use of DOF here but I like the setup.

Overlooking
by dewofwinter

Comment by Lgraber6109:
Could use a little bit more contrast, but a beatiful view!

Overlooking
by dewofwinter

Comment by johnnyphoto:
The blurry heel of the closer sandal is distracting and the tilted horizon seems strange. However, I like the colors.

Overlooking
by dewofwinter

Comment by JEason:
I like this shot and the composition and it has a really cool concept to it. One thing that would make it better is if the colors in the background were better. The shot overall seems kind of flat. Maybe try going back during sunset/sunrise when the sky is really colorful. Just two cents to help you out next time.