Be4ch:

For me, yes, I much prefer this crop and it's much lighter in the foreground which helps as well.  Do you prefer it?

Actually yes, it is what attracted me to the shot in the first place. I had to clone stamp out a palm frond by the left hand tree, and it has left a line in the blue. Do you know how to blend that out?

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Rob's Focus picture:

There's a couple of things I'd say about this one. You've chopped off the bottom of the tyre in the composition and also you can see your reflection in the paintwork.

Love the car though... is it yours?

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Guy Roberts:

Firstly congrats nomandr for starting a very brave post. Let's hope we all remain friends! Deep breath - here is mine: I found these while out for a walk and wanted to get some feeling of the size and brutality of them, as well as the rusty colour. I reckon someone like Houstonryan would have taken an amazing shot, but this was the best of my attempts:

I think this is a good picure. The shadows have been commented on, but I think that this does not take anything away from the picture. The colours are nice and strong and there is a nice big focal point.

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oRGie:

Guy Roberts:

Firstly congrats nomandr for starting a very brave post. Let's hope we all remain friends! Deep breath - here is mine: I found these while out for a walk and wanted to get some feeling of the size and brutality of them, as well as the rusty colour. I reckon someone like Houstonryan would have taken an amazing shot, but this was the best of my attempts:

I took a similar shot of an old tractor engine and suffered the same as you, the shadows kill the interest in what should be the main attraction for the shot, ie the rusty claws. I take it this was an evening shot ? if so, whats the light like in the morning, or maybe even midday/afternoon, or if it was morning, try evening, see if you can get the light to light up the rust. If not, maybe a fill flash might help.

Another thought, I might try and move away, use a zoom and get a little blur on the building.

 

I agree with oRGie the building in the background keeps drawing my eye away from what is the main attraction and perhaps running the dodge tool over some of the claw highlights to make it stand out further could do it some justice, otherwise it's a great shot I remember seeing it on Post your best and i liked it then.

Right neck on chopping board time.

I was really pleased with this shot, the colours and crop but my gallery is saying otherwise, it was taken as part of the weekend comp for "transport" its part of the crane which hoists barges in and out of the canal near me.

 

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Be4ch:

For me, yes, I much prefer this crop and it's much lighter in the foreground which helps as well.  Do you prefer it?

Actually yes, it is what attracted me to the shot in the first place. I had to clone stamp out a palm frond by the left hand tree, and it has left a line in the blue. Do you know how to blend that out?

If you're using PS, have you tried the 'Healing Brush Tool'?  It works in a similar way to the clone tool but rather than copying a section of sky will try to blend the 'dodgy' bit you have left from the clone so it matches the sky around it.

filter99:

Right neck on chopping board time.

I was really pleased with this shot, the colours and crop but my gallery is saying otherwise, it was taken as part of the weekend comp for "transport" its part of the crane which hoists barges in and out of the canal near me.

 

I see nothing wrong with this at all. The composition is nice, colours vibrant and there is a lot of texture to it.

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filter99:

Right neck on chopping board time.

I was really pleased with this shot, the colours and crop but my gallery is saying otherwise, it was taken as part of the weekend comp for "transport" its part of the crane which hoists barges in and out of the canal near me.

Colourful, but it's got part of its track missing.

My offering... "Occupied"...:


I know about the reflection, that was caused from me not having the guts to wind the window down. As for the rest... go for it.

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Boltondave:

My offering... "Occupied"...:


I know about the reflection, that was caused from me not having the guts to wind the window down. As for the rest... go for it.

I realise that this is has a retro feel to it, but I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be looking at. My eyes are drawn to the thing in the middle of the steering wheel, then the glasses and then the radio.

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Boltondave:

My offering... "Occupied"...:


I know about the reflection, that was caused from me not having the guts to wind the window down. As for the rest... go for it.

The reflection does seem a bit obtrusive, and covers the glasses, which i assum is why the shot is called occupied? also i think it would look better in b+w to fit in with the retro look of the car.

OK, heres mine:

My weekend comp entry.

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Two probs i personally find with this Rob. One is the creases in the tin foil which is a shame because it detracts from the image and two is the DOF the front part of the blade is just out of focus which is a shame, if it was intentional then i would have tried to get the handle section off focus as well concentrating on the text, not always possible though with smaller objects

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Thank you for your well thought out structural critique Rob, I found it very informative and helpful.

Another one for you guys

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Didn't have any intention of ever joining in on this thread as most of you have much more technical image taking and image editing experience than I do, but I happened upon this shot and really like it.  So, if it were mine, I would crop off that fuzzy left side (a tree trunk I would guess) and leave the fence post.  Also, I like the couple, I like the framing, but I personally find the street sign distracting...my eye keeps going to it.

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nomadr:

first pic, boat in a harbour, i turned it to b&w with ps using channel mixer, any thoughts about making it better ? cheers martyn

OK, here goes. Firstly I find this picture cluttered. I am assuming that the subject is the large boat, but the following are distracting: the small boat; the bush on the left, the bright area on the left and the building on the sea wall. Secondly the sea wall isn't level. Getting to the subject, what was it that attracted you to it in the first place? Was it shape, colour, reflection? I think some dodge and burn would make the image stronger and bring that feature out. What might be nice would be to keep the b&w but leave the fenders in colour, including their reflections.

Very nice pic, although i find it a bit on the dark side and the boat is too much at  the center of the frame. But thats just me ;o) overall very nice

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