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I almost didn’t submit this photo for critique because I know the image quality is crap, however when I look at this image it takes me right back to earlier this year when I took this shot. We were driving in the middle of a sand storm and off to the left we saw several dromedary. We pull over, jump out and within minutes our eyes and hair were full of sand. Every time I look at this image I feel the excitement of being there.
Santhru, having grown up in the Pacific Northwest, this was an exotic scene for me. I knew I wanted to capture it, even though the wind and sand got into everything. This image brings that moment back to me and I love it.
~~Alice
Alice, the yellow/brown tones do a good job of telling the story. It looks very uncomfortable. Removing the visible vignette looks good although it alos reduces yellowish tones. You could go to sepia toned b&w. My other thought is that it would be good to not have the camels so centered.
Hi Mark, thank you for checking out my photo. I tried to offset the camels in the first photo, only slightly, I didn’t have a lot of area to crop and I didn’t want to get to tight. I see I omitted the crop on the repost. I might play around with and see if I can add a little yellow and still maintain the overall look.
Thank you
Alice
I like the image. My initial response was negative in any aspect. The only nit pic I have is that I would have cropped out the tumbleweed or whatever it is, at the very bottom edge and made the image 16x9. Other than that I take the image as it is. I could see myself hanging it on the wall. I like it! Good Luck
P. S.
Just went back to look at original. I am see you already cropped into top of image. Like I said, I would also remove the very bottom bush, too.
I prefer the camels centered. To me it makes for a much stronger environmental image. The camels are not just the subject but so is the blowing sand and the landscape.
Thank you George. I really like a 16x9 crop so I went back and applied that aspect ratio and cleaned up some of the brush at the bottom edge. I also decided that I wanted to add a touch more vignette, but not as much as original.
Thank you for your input.
Alice
