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DJ-S1
Sep-08-2004, 04:24 PM
A couple of shots from Cape Cod last weekend, comments/advice always welcome.

http://daveorama.smugmug.com/photos/8308409-L.jpg

http://daveorama.smugmug.com/photos/8308411-L.jpg
GREAPER
Sep-09-2004, 12:30 AM
I think I would have cropped a bit lower on the first one, the horizon is very close to the middle and the sky doesnt add much.
GREAPER
Sep-09-2004, 12:32 AM
I would have cropped the second a bit differently as well but I dont feel as strongly about it.
pathfinder
Sep-09-2004, 05:43 AM
I would have cropped the second a bit differently as well but I dont feel as strongly about it.I agree also Greaper, the girl's reflection is where it is at for me:1drink Great shots both of them.
DJ-S1
Sep-09-2004, 05:45 AM
Thanks Greaper and Path. :thumb I'm not sure I can crop the second one much differently because of other people near her, but I'll look into other cropping for both of them. If I think of it I'll post the originals so you can see what there is to work with.
DJ-S1
Sep-09-2004, 05:54 AM
Looking at the first one again, the mast going out of the top of the frame kind of bugs me. Is that a no-no in general, or not a big deal?
DJ-S1
Sep-09-2004, 06:03 AM
...I'm not sure I can crop the second one much differently because of other people near her, but I'll look into other cropping for both of them. If I think of it I'll post the originals so you can see what there is to work with.:doh I'm a dope! Greaper, I just noticed that you had already re-cropped the shot of the girl!!! When I opened the thread I had it go to the newest post, so I didn't have to scroll by the original I posted and I thought you just quoted my original. Yikes, I'm clueless today.

I think your crop makes the photo much stronger. Thanks! Some of the things I thought I had learned about photography recently obviously aren't second nature to me yet.
SeeMoon
Sep-09-2004, 06:04 AM
Looking at the first one again, the mast going out of the top of the frame kind of bugs me. Is that a no-no in general, or not a big deal?

Not a big deal (IMHO) at all.. Like both of them by the way!
ginger_55
Sep-09-2004, 06:44 AM
I often wonder about cutting off boat masts, too. I really like your shot, and the mast doesn't bother me. Maybe it is where it is in the photo.

I love the little girl fishing, with the big reflection. Good eye to catch that.

ginger