Originally posted by frisca:
I'll leave a comment here:
The photo is compositionally uninspiring. Flying gulls is nice, but we see them leaving the frame, and that doesn't help the composition. There is no expression left in the photo when you can't see the faces of the subjects and their posture does not make up for that lack of face. As well, there are numerous little "waterspots" all over the image. Unsure what that is, but it takes away from the quality of the composition. Finally, the boken as foreground was not readily discernable. It looked like backgrond bokeh to me. The image just didn't pop, sadly. |
The "waterspots" are background bokeh rings on the oof sand the gulls are flying over, the bokeh as foreground is what the challenge was all about, and as the oof is in front of the gulls I find it hard to believe you thought it was background bokeh. I have noticed some of the top photos used massive rear oof with minimal forground "wow". the subjects flying away is part of nature IMHO they take you into the photo as the eye follows them, I would have had to stand in the water waist deep to see the head on shot, but do see your point in this.
It does appear the voters voted on the massive oof in the image as this enhanced the image regardless of its foreground impact on the photo.
Message edited by author 2007-11-21 16:56:45.
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