I bought a new camera. Look at this picure and give me your honest opinion?

Question

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj8/easyoldrider/vacationcoast148.jpg

Answer 1

I think it is a good shot. However, with just a little more digital enhancement, it will be a great shot.

Firstly, you need to crop away the bottom area. The green area in the bottom right corner is too distracting, as is the bottom part of the picture. Since the lighthouse is the subject, make sure you don't distract the viewer away from it.

Next, you need to up the contrast on this photo. If you need my help on both of these, drop me an email at [e-mail]

Answer 2

I don't think it needs any cropping except maybe across the top some. The plant in the front gives perpective, scale and a sence of distance. As Dr Sam pointed out the exposure is lacking a little. Yes hear i go on about exposure again. Ok the water colour could be richer, the plant is flairing in the highlights, the ratio on the lighthouse isnt working really. I won't go on, it's there for all to see, the exposure is over. So do the adjustments Dr Sam gave you, this will give a deeper shadow on the lighthouse and the lit side wont be flairing. The rocks will have more texture if darker. The clouds and sky will become more defined. I won't go on, do the levels.

As Travel said some saturation might help in post also.

Its pleasing, I like to look at it. Its perhaps a little colder than I like these shots, bring in some yellow and less blue maybe?? I like warm climates and warm images, thats just me maybe. It's not moddy enough, for me to want it cold.

Its not a bad depth/speed setting. The water could be more "milky" or sharp but the depth would be compromised.

So enough raving, it's a pleasing peice, could be alot stronger and a worthy composition/sence to do a reshoot. I would like to see it during the change of light on the water and sky, a bit bland for a daylight image for me.

Hope theres something in that for you.

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Answer 3

A niceenough capture, but needs more saturation. My crop would remove a bit of the sky but keep the foreground. Also, I might recompose to put the lighthouse more to the right of the frame. The main problem is the flat lighting. Go back early or late, hopefully with some cloud features for the sky, and shoot in magic golden light.

Answer 4

Average.
I would crop the bottom up a little to lose the distraction bottom left. I would also crop the right side to place the lighthouse on the right third line.
At least your horizon looks dead level - I see so many tilted!
I note that someone recommended that you CENTRE the lighthouse. What? Has he/she never heard of the Rule of Thirds? Bad advice.
A 50/50 horizon split in the frame is usually not advisable from a compositional aspect. By cropping a little off the bottom, the horizon would lower itself in the frame a touch. In reality, if this scene is local to you, go back and shoot again?

Answer 5

l like the pic very much but it needs cropping. Here's my take on it:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2004/2110373376_41cc590699_o.jpg

The horizon really shouldn't bisect the image but I wanted to keep the depth -- I'm sure there are other crops that would address this.

If you'll notice, I bumped up the contrast -- a must for landscape shots. You might invest in a polarising filter.

Hope this helps.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

That's a great shot worthy of being used as a wallpaper or hung on my wall.

If you have Photoshop, you can crop some off the bottom, and copy the images or at least the lighthouses, and make each one smaller than the last and look like they go on forever into the sea...

Answer 8

The Minolta Dimage F300 is almost 5 years old, so I hope you got a great deal on the camera.

However, I do like the picture. It's not "stunning," but it's a nice capture of a pleasant scene. I'd like it better maybe 0.3-0.7 ev less exposure...

Answer 9

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Answer 10

Nice use of foreground perpective. Nice leading lines. You are they key the camera isnt really part of the equation.