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Thank you all for the comments. It seems this shot is more appealing than I first realized. I'd hidden it away and done nothing with it. I will now.
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words......
Very nice. Very nice, indeed.
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Yup I quite like this one as well!
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The branch is sharp, the rest of the photo is out of focus, the watermark is overbearing, I like the colour the photo is awash in. Just my
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Thanks AL.Originally Posted by AcadieLibre
The branch is sharp, the rest of the photo is out of focus, the watermark is overbearing, I like the colour the photo is awash in. Just my
I will be using smaller watermarks in future but again ... the watermark is not part of the photo.
You say the branch is sharp. The Rest of the photo is out of focus. This is fully intentional on my part. I think I took it the other way around also but liked this version better.
Are you saying TOO sharp because the rest is out of focus? Or saying that the out of focus area doesn't appeal to you in general?
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The watermark looks like it is part of the image, thats the problem with it, I know it isn't but it is so overbearing. I think if the branch was not there it would be a really nice photo, it just doesn't feel like it belongs, it adds nothing but distraction.
I looked at the photo again, without the branch I think it would be a nice tranquil photo, the branch just has no reason to be in the photo, it adds distraction to what would be an almost mirage feel with that great gold wash look. At first glance it just distracted and turned me off the photo. Now looking at it again, I want to like it, just can't because that tack sharp branch makes no sense in what is a very serene image.
I don't get adding large watermarks to photos you want critiqued, and not just you but anyone who does it. I just can't ignore it, it is part of the photo because you chose to put it in, and not just in but an almost in your face and makes your photo appear to be a billboard and not a Photograph. If you really need to watermark, do what I do, I digitally watermark all my photos, the last photos I have posted I had small copyrights because my Digimark was acting funky, fixed now but I try at all cost now to avoid visual watermarks. They do not stop theft and they are not even a deterrent.
“I take photographs with love, so I try to make them art objects. But I make them for myself first and foremost - that is important.” Jacques-Henri Lartigue
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke"Vive L'Acadie, Liberté, égalité, fraternité, ou la mort!"
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Ok thanks AL ... always good to see and hear a different perspective.
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