A picnic table that crash landed on the shores of Lake Erie.
And today, my NEW circular polarizer also crash landed on the ground. Now I have to figure out how to put it back together again lol.
Please critique this. Something is not quite right with it and I cannot figure it out. Some areas are soft on focus. Not sure if it's the composition or what.
Okay, first, I like this as is; you've made good choices in composition and choice of subject, and it all works well together. Contrast, focus, and aperture work well enough for me; change any of them and you have a different image, but I'd have to see it to know whether I'd like it better. But you've asked for a critique, so here goes another thought: I might have tried this two additional ways; first, with much more attention to the picnic table, from a lower angle (I'm a big fan of holding the camera near the ground and taking shots), and with nothing between you and it, so that it dominates but so that you can still tell it's a picnic table, in the ground, at the edge of Lake Erie. The other way would be to minimize it, move back, with a wider angle, so that it's almost not seen unless the viewer looks, really looks, at the image; that is, kind of lose it by composition.
I don't see any real problems here, around the point it seems maybe just a tad soft but that may be because the background is so light. Looks good to me. I love the table buried in the sand, awesome find and fantastic title!!
Here's what I see Michelle, first I really like the foreground - interesting and leads us into the picture, especially the diagonal of the table buried into the sand, I also like the sttrong diagonals from the (almost) LL corner to the mid-1/3 on the R and back again with the shore line, which carries us into the picture. I especially like how you've repeated the shoreline diagional with the waves. Here's what I would change in a perfect world - foreground - needs to be cleaned up, especially the two boards coming from the R and going against the curves you've established. Second, the dark blob at the upper R corner is not adding to the picture at all. Finally I'd like something to carry us into the background, the small open space on the L almost makes it but the fairly hard horizon line tends to block that a bit.
Forgot to add, technically I don't really see a problem, I do tend to prefer a slower shutter speed - say 1/15 to blur the waves, but of course thats personal preference. Sorry, I keep coming back.. the other thing that would be nice would be a bit more contrast and drama in the sky. You have these great diagonals that carry us there, but then not much is happening. Perhaps a layer with some curves or dodging and burning would help.
Overall an interesting picture and you've got some great ideas here, keep working Jack.
I'm not a very good critiquer -- because I look at scenes and appreciate them so much and don't really notice the flaws if I love the scene and look of the photo.
I think this looks so dramatic. The beat-up old picnic table adds to the drama, and I love the composition where the subject is nestled in those interesting curves.
lol....good title. Great seascape shot. The focus seems to be at the highest point of the picnic table. Most articles say that landscape photo's should be taken at F16-f22 to mimic what the eye sees. What was your camera set at?
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