What do you think of this picture?

Question

I took this picture at one of the training sessions at the fireschool that my husband is currently in. I just want some honest opinions on it. Thanks http://pics.livejournal.com/ambersan01/pic/0006y1kr/g24

Answer 1

good focus but ya, i agree with the first comment, the composition could have included more at the bottom

Answer 2

You have a good start, but the blur is destracting, and the photo has some chromatic aberration, or fringes of color, along the edges of the wrench and hydrant. To make the hydrant stand out a little more, you could step back from your subject a little and zoom in, making sure that the hydrant is in sharp focus and the background out of focus. The wrench gives the photo some interesting lines, so you want to be sure that it is in focus and very sharp. Also, shoot at an angle that would remove the box from the background, and play around with the composition a little. Find what part of the frame best shows off your subject.

Answer 3

I agree with some of the others in that the blur (how it's used) is too much. It makes it hard to look at for more than a second and you want people to look at your photos longer - not shorter.

Another note on the blur - the amount of blurriness and placement of blur almost gives the illusion that the whole photo is out of focus.

Answer 4

could just be me, but it's hard to look at, it might have worked just as well without the blurriness around the outside.
Perhaps if you were further back and had the object to the left in the first third of your view finder.
You should look up composition rules, for instance: Rule of Thirds, Diagonal rule, Golden Section rule. These are ways of setting up the picture so that is has balance. :)

Answer 5

i think that this picture should have been taken lower so that the whole fire hydrant was in the picture. i also think that, since the hose is there, the whole picture should be clear, instead of just focused on the fire hydrant. i have many pictures like this though, that mean something to me so i absolutely love them, no matter how good they were taken. if you love it frame it and put it up on your wall :)

Answer 6

I think it would have been more interesting with a human subject in it doing something with the hydrant.

Answer 7

I think it is interesting. I'm wondering where it is, and what is the emergency.

I think the soft fading halo around the outside is too much.

Answer 8

I think it's neat. Interesting angle and uncommon subject. I also like how parts of it look blurred.

Answer 9

I would have gien it more bottom so the hydrant doesn't stop at the bottom of the frame

Answer 10

I think it is a very red fire hydrant about to explode