Stone Harbor Beachby
sonnyhComment by snaffles: Greetings from the Critique Club!
A lovely shot indeed but I do find myself echoing the masses...the trashbins do not do this otherwise perfect shot, any justice. Great leading lines, use of thirds, the light is nice and soft, there is an untold story here...but then the trash bins grab the viewer's eye and the fantasy is gone. They are such an obviously fake shade of blue and green, they take away from the lovely muted colours and tones going on here.
This was an Advanced challenge, cloning out of unwanted items is allowed so long as you are not removing a major element. The trashbins are very minor, a couple of clicks and eh wala. If you don't have PS or like to be a purist and do as little editing as possible, you could have lowered the POV a little so the beachgrass would obscure the trashbins.
DPCers love this type of shot and processing. So, frankly, without the bins, this could have easily been a very high-scoring shot, I would think top 10-top 15.
Sorry if I a coming across as hammering at you a little. That isn't my intention. But this is a tough site, there is no other way to learn than to enter and see what shakes out. Also it wouldn't hurt to tick the 'Photographer found comment helpful' box every so often. Failing to do so across the board comes across poorly.
Feel free to PM me,
Susan
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