Shot this a couple of years back, enjoying a morning on the jetty, no people out just yet, wind and water both calm and quiet.
Shot this a couple of years back, enjoying a morning on the jetty, no people out just yet, wind and water both calm and quiet.
I love the subtle and restrained tones on this Joe. You certainly know how to work color.
Thanks Alan, I did try to maintain that 'softness' everything had just as the sun came over the horizon, such nice color at that brief moment.
You did a great job doing that. The jetties are hard to take like this because they are so dark. This is so pleasingly soft.
The spot where you are standing here is a favorite if mine. The loons and fishing boats are always interesting.
Nice work Joe!
You're certainly not limited to one style, Joe. This one surprised me! Love that soft, pastel light mood - captures the feeling of that hour on the shoreline. Like your composition too.
ha ha, no, I get bored very easily, so I'm constantly changing. Whatever my subject happens to be, large or small, I just try to make a good expression of it. Thanks for the comments as always.
solid shot Joe nice soft atmosphere my only issue and this is me being super nitpicky and pet peevy. your not actually centered image feels heave left due to the placement.
If you look at each side of the image the rocks do not meet at the same point made an example for you but other than that i like the scene
Not at all Joseph, please get nitpicky, I certainly do from time to time. Yup you are correct about the left heavy. I saw it in post, decided to take the lazy route and just get it done, haha. But, I did make sure that horizon line was level for fear of Chris Jablonski shooting me with a bazooka ;-)
Thanks for sharing comments Joe ~
oh that Chris hahaha. i don't know if your camera has a grid setting but it makes instances like these easier
Yes, my camera has all the grids and leveling system which i do use, but it is still good rule of thumb to double check in post since it can still be off by a degree or so.
Got away with it, Joe. I did check.
Not clear what your "pet peeve" here is, Joseph. Could you explain? I'm seriously interested to know, as you have a knack for composition. I see what you mean about the left heaviness, but for me it doesn't detract - has a sort of anchoring effect.
Signed - THAT Chris. ;-)
I get where he is coming from. The original works because the center point is perfectly centered (I checked 😊) I think that, like Joe, I think this would work even better if it was lined up left to right as well.
For me, when you are doing a vanishing point or just long linear lines to a center point of any kind, the composition takes on a balance aspect that our eyes automatically notice when it's off. It isn't that it's bad. It is just that you don't want someone's eye to say "just off" before you really absorb the image. Damn those talking eyes!
I have to admit that my second thought (after Great Color) was that he just missed it on the line up. BUT I do really like it and it isn't a deal breaker for me.
i think its an OCD thing that i need in these instances to have the image perfectly centered and squared i have mentioned it to a few others like when a shot is taken from under a bridge or pier that you need to pay attention to how everything lines up in frame so that you don't have one pylon closer on the right than the left or the image will look askew
I think I get this now, Joseph; I think I have a different threshold. It's essentially human-made objects which for me, if they're portrayed symmetrically, need this to be precise. Then, often the interest in the image lies in the subtle asymmetries - lighting, wear, an open window, later additions to a building.
In this case, the central rock jetty is such an artificial structure. Unlike you or Ruth, I never registered that the centre point, that navigational marker, is so precisely centred. For me, the pile of rocks that is the jetty is too imperfect to "count" when it comes to this symmetry issue.
For me, this is nowhere near one of those almost, but infuriatingly not quite, symmetrical images.
I like that Joe balanced the pier on the right with that little wave on the left, and my eye wanders happily around all these things!
Thanks for explaining. Always curious how others' minds work, especially when it comes to the mysteries of art - appreciation, and creation.
yeah i am always interested in others perceptions as well it makes for good conversation and insights for further projects
Very nice. For my taste the blacks are a bit washed out, but I guess that is what you were going after. The only thing that bugs me is that pier on the right; my eyes just keep going there. Thanks for sharing this beautiful pic!
Yes, that pier on the right does draw the eye unfortunately, I agree. As for the washed out look, I did process the image to have that softness and less contrasted look to further push the actual look and feel of that moment. It isn't often that I process in this fashion, however, I am always changing my subject matter, so I try and look at each image I am working on individually and process it, or express it according to how I feel at that time or how I prefer to artistically express it, or maybe even try to re-create the subject's look and feel through different processing techniques, such is the example above. It isn't for everyone, I understand this, but I am happy you came by to share your thoughts, thank you!