Critique Style Requested: Standard
The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.
Description
A little later after the storm at sunrise. ICM at 1/3 second.
Specific Feedback
Wondering about the color pallet…this is right out of camera with only a touch of clarity added.
Technical Details
f/18, 1/3 sec, iso 320
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I like the composition and the various banks of clouds.
I think the color is good, and I like the light, but I do have three suggestions.
First, there are clouds above the brighter stratus clouds that have a somewhat brownish/muddy appearance that you might want to look into.
Second, the horizon looks a tad tilted clockwise.
Third, I think you could brighten the water just a bit because the horizon gets lost under the dark clouds on the right side and there is some nice color there that could use more luminosity.
It’s a nice image and is worthy further refinement.
-P
Hi Mario,
Sorry a bit late on this. This one not quite resonating with me as some of your other work. I’m with Preston on that grayish upper part. In fact, I think the top third, almost half isn’t really adding much and I think a crop would better concentrate the viewer to the lower part including just the vibrant sky and water. That colorful sky is just right in terms of saturation and the water/waves are very calming. Which actually those two parts kind of compete with each other.
Not quite sure what to suggest other than the crop and as Prestion suggests, further refinement of color, luminosity or something between those 2 parts.
Mario, I like most of this one very much. My only reservation relates to the color of the somewhat muddy clouds that Preston and Lon mentioned. The clouds are reflected in the water. I have no problem with the reflection. The color of the clouds themselves seems a bit odd and out of place. It’s not something that can be easily fixed. I can think of ways to change the color of the clouds but you’d have to change the color of the reflections as well. That’s not impossible but it would be difficult.
I like the crop the way it is.
Thank you @Lon_Overacker @Preston_Birdwell @Don_Peters for yoour comments. The muddy clouds appear just as they did at the time. I do however agree a crop might add more focus to the image.
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