Our last hour in the sunshine of St. Maarten before returning to cold and grey Illinois.
As I sit here adding photos (on Sunday) I have been half-listening to an interview with motorsports photographer Darren Heath. He was just talking about obsessing over your own pictures in ways that other viewers don't. His example was wishing a certain tree wasn't in the background. I have that problem with this picture.
I like the image a lot. I like strong geometric shapes in my pictures and the window frames create three nice rectangles. The man in silhouette makes this much more interesting than if he wasn't there, but I can't help being bothered by the other silhouette clipping the bottom left corner.
I could probably fix it with Photoshop but instead I'm going to obsess over the lady who set her luggage down six inches to far to the right. :)
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Hi Matt Sounds like you have been away on a trip and returned to winter.... same here. I was in Honduras for a week with temps in the 90's and returned to cold, dreary Michigan..... so I'm just goign to wish for a new coating of snow and bright blue skies :)
Now about your picture.... I know it sounds knit picky to let the dark area in the bottom left bother you but I would suggest if it bugs you..... fix it :) I think paying close attention to details and getting our shots as perfect as possible helps us improve. Next time you may even notice it in camera and be able to adjust and avoid it.
I have had the privilege of a critiquer that pays close attention to details and is knit picky.... she has made me a better photographer. Now I see many of the flaws myself even before I shoot.
I answered your question about light on my blog.
Welcome back to Illinois....The picture is very nice the bottom corner is very fixable. I however do the same thing, after I have posted them I sit and look at them and try to decide what I can do different next time.
Joann,
Were you on mainland Honduras or Roatan?
I think you are right that I should just fix it but having just got back and so many photos I didn't take the time, but I think I will eventually.
I also agree that it's nice to have a knit picky critique to help improve your photography. The best place I"ve seen for this is birdphotographers.net People post and others give very knit picky critiques but everyone knows that is what it's for so it's welcomed. A un-welcomed critique can also lead to hurt feelings which is too bad really.
This is great weather back in Illinois, Pam.
It's definitely a good thing to critique your own images and try to become better. I think if everything came out perfect it would get boring.
Matt I was in the mainland in the mountains. We flew into San Pedro Sula and then drove 2 1/2 - 3 hours up, over and through the mountains to San Luis. Our brigade then drove out each day and set up a mobile clinic anywhere from 1/2 hour away to 2 hours away from San Luis. All on dirt roads requring 4x4 vehicles. So at the farthest point we were probably 5 hours into the mountains of Honduras. I have a few picts on my blog at http://www.joannthrasherproject.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2013-03-08T09:40:00-05:00&max-results=7 you will have to scroll down. I plan to put more on my other blog soon.
Can't say anything but "Like"! :-)
This is a great photo. Will you fix it by cropping the part you don't like or by "erasing" it. I wouldn't know how to "erase" it. I love it when I hear critiques of my photos. It is so helpful. BTW, thank you for the link on shooting close up flowers. Great video!
Thanks Gerard
Olga - I would try to clone a similar area to fill in the dark spot. I think I'll give it a try this weekend.
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