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01/22/2015 02:03:33 PM · #1


Taken in a blue reflective ball...



Does anyone else find this interesting?
01/22/2015 02:15:45 PM · #2
I love the one with the blue sky, the blue is vibrant.

The reflective ball is interesting for sure, maybe it could be cropped in some to hide the edges of the ball or a shot of it further away to get the ball itself into the photo?
01/22/2015 02:47:43 PM · #3
For me, the blue reflective ball wants a much tighter crop - like with the deformity as the upper right, and just below and to the left of the arch as the bottom left. Don't be hesitant - SHOW the image you want.

The sky with white frame is a hodge podge. Unless the 5 layer support serves a critical function in the picture, it attracts way too much attention (too big, too central, too ...). I find the stains running down the white wood distracting. The contrast between the white wood and blue sky is very nice, but for me there are just too many angles to have the image present a coordinated concept. For me, yes there's a picture there - somewhere, but that's not it. I've been intrigued by similar subjects, but have never been able to resolve them to my satisfaction.
01/22/2015 03:19:56 PM · #4
I agree with dtremain for the most part.

I might go with a centered composition crop on the first one, like you have but without the corners showing so the frame is full of the distorted image. Another option you could try depending on which version of photoshop you have is the content aware fill - you select the area you want to fill, and go up to the edit menu (pretty sure that's the one) and select content-aware fill. It can fill in corners and such so you don't have to crop, but I don't think it's allowed in challenges except expert editing.

The one of the sky is pretty cool but I think a tighter crop would also help it - do you have any other shots of the same thing with different compositions?
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