Model:MAXXUM 7D Orientation:Normal Software Used:Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows Exposure Time:1/200 seconds F Number:F/9.5 ISO Speed:100 Date Taken:2009:04:30 19:27:40 Exposure Compensation:0 Step Metering Mode:Pattern Flash Mode:Flash did not fire; compulsory flash mode Focal Length:200 mm Color Space:sRGB
« Last Edit: July 27, 2009, 03:48:50 PM by Marian Murdoch "wildmaven" »
I wouldn't worry about it for a print, but this really needs border for display here when it is on a white background. I can't find the edges of the photograph and didn't even notice the reflection until after I tried to find the edges.
I wanted to go back and look at this a couple times before making a real comment on it. I'm still not sure about the placement within the frame. The rule of thirds/golden mean side of me wants to complain that it's too centered and should be offset a bit more. Or maybe in a pano frame instead of 4x5-ish. At the same time I like that it simple says it's a high key sailboat; plain and simple.
I keep looking at it and making comparisons to Japanese art. Very minimalist and clean. It would make a great canvas wrap I think; because any kind of frame would overpower the subtly of the subject.
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What Marian is doing, is what I did in College, I broke the rules, only because I knew it. Here, she is in, on the edge, in other words, she's outside the box, yet, skimming it. There will be different opinions, that's o.k. I like what Marian did here.
wrap, no frame = yes. I think it would be awesome with Bay Photo's new thin wraps.
As far as the composition I would crop so it's taller and narrower to really emphasize the understated-ness of the image. Like a vertical panorama. I like it centered.
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I changed the image so your mind knows where to look, haha.
