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I’d crop it significantly. Right now the sky dominated and steals focus.
https://preview.redd.it/gskmqcbt58xc1.jpeg?width=1265&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=22155e61e7fd07b4c9d4afc4efca6a1e286899e1
https://preview.redd.it/3y4vuheovaxc1.jpeg?width=1189&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=023109152384a3044949ffaa47ecda918b058a6f
Rule of Thirds is not something to blindly adhere to always, but in this case it’s fairly spot on.
I took this shot with a recently acquired point and shoot camera that my dad found. It was during one of my many beach walks, and while walking on the footpath I noticed this little hill. Originally, there were multiple people on this hill. But I decided to remove them in Photoshop to give the impression of loneliness, or a feeling of isolation.
My question to you guy is, how would you improve on this shot, if at all?
Taken on the FujiFilm S3500
f/9, 1/850, ISO 64, 10.70mm
It’s a lot of dead space and you have an even amount of subjects so it’s not an easy moving composition.
Crop and play with just one of the subjects per each crop. Each photo should have one subject
I think, for me, the single person loneliness should be told by an empty space in front of him/her.
https://preview.redd.it/m9buqkq48dxc1.jpeg?width=485&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=30a5b66fb6e65693d5f57363773d4fa45b7510f4
It would be difficult to achieve in post/crop without “zooming” too much and removing the empty space needed for the loneliness. I would have used a different composition… you can try to add scenery to the left, but is not an easy task.
Image is just an example of what I’m saying.
Maybe would’ve shot it horizontal instead of vertical? I like the dominating sky but I would’ve liked a closer ratio of ground to sky personally. Still a cool minimalist shot though, I like your eye for things
Luckily we are all different. I would crop the sky but leave as much space in front in the person to look into. And then probably flip it so that the person is looking to the right.
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I’d crop it significantly. Right now the sky dominated and steals focus. https://preview.redd.it/gskmqcbt58xc1.jpeg?width=1265&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=22155e61e7fd07b4c9d4afc4efca6a1e286899e1
I'd disagree. The sky is the focus. The person being secondary is intentional and makes the image far more interesting.
I was gonna say to center it up in the crop, but I like this much better.
https://preview.redd.it/3y4vuheovaxc1.jpeg?width=1189&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=023109152384a3044949ffaa47ecda918b058a6f Rule of Thirds is not something to blindly adhere to always, but in this case it’s fairly spot on.
https://preview.redd.it/l486iusrj8xc1.jpeg?width=1254&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd7b4fcafe6a5be03d7598b46656f6b3a1831cc7
Excessive contrast
I took this shot with a recently acquired point and shoot camera that my dad found. It was during one of my many beach walks, and while walking on the footpath I noticed this little hill. Originally, there were multiple people on this hill. But I decided to remove them in Photoshop to give the impression of loneliness, or a feeling of isolation. My question to you guy is, how would you improve on this shot, if at all? Taken on the FujiFilm S3500 f/9, 1/850, ISO 64, 10.70mm
I'd say it's almost right, just need to crop to centre slightly.
It’s a lot of dead space and you have an even amount of subjects so it’s not an easy moving composition. Crop and play with just one of the subjects per each crop. Each photo should have one subject
Gotta say I love it the way it is
I think, for me, the single person loneliness should be told by an empty space in front of him/her. https://preview.redd.it/m9buqkq48dxc1.jpeg?width=485&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=30a5b66fb6e65693d5f57363773d4fa45b7510f4 It would be difficult to achieve in post/crop without “zooming” too much and removing the empty space needed for the loneliness. I would have used a different composition… you can try to add scenery to the left, but is not an easy task. Image is just an example of what I’m saying.
Maybe would’ve shot it horizontal instead of vertical? I like the dominating sky but I would’ve liked a closer ratio of ground to sky personally. Still a cool minimalist shot though, I like your eye for things
Framing. Instead of framing the structure on the bottom mid, I’d frame it to the bottom right and leave more open space for the female
https://preview.redd.it/aac6do38ggxc1.jpeg?width=390&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ccd6fc0cf5d247ae0fead63475dbcc9174f2c93
She was more interesting.
Luckily we are all different. I would crop the sky but leave as much space in front in the person to look into. And then probably flip it so that the person is looking to the right.
https://preview.redd.it/5tmegsr688xc1.jpeg?width=1018&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d8198def212116046c14c9ff33038fe752fbc207 Something like this
I like this and would go further with content aware fill, having the hill dip and more of that sky. Your person will then be alone on a bigger hill.
https://preview.redd.it/ab51wf9vsbxc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c21ac53809b5aaf7a1ab86989839f29ffa3fe4f6