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rteest42

Been highly uninspired of late... but, was at the beach the other day, and grabbed this...two or three other ideas are floating aimlessly through my head, as for the last few challenges...

What do you think?


I hope I get my mojo back soon... I have a wedding to shoot and a trip out west!!

MarkR

I think it would be better if you got closer, and the umbrella dominated the scene more.

WhatSheSaw

Mark may be right, but I really like the 3 characters!

rteest42

Lol, the people where what made me laugh initially. The beach was CROWDED. I mean, jam packed. And they were up on a rise, behind some yellow roping, right near the parking lot....
Unfortunately there wasn't a great spot for me to continue scoping out more striped umbrellas, and a Tstorm was rolling in, so we headed back to the car, where we were safe from water, (and as soon as the rain stopped, I got out and was eaten ALIVE by mosquitos, but that is another sob story)..


Opinions definitely wanted as to challenge worthiness, as I have already uploaded the first to the contest...
Thanks!!
(heading off to work for another 101* day....)

sweetharmony

This one made me grin! Makes me think of the bronze urban sculptures you see of city dwellers....can't think of the artist's name....often the sculpture will be monotones except for a brightly colored pieces of fabric, such as a hat or scarf. Something about the angle makes the people and umbrella in your image seem larger than life....

rteest42

sweetharmony wrote: »

This one made me grin! Makes me think of the bronze urban sculptures you see of city dwellers....can't think of the artist's name....often the sculpture will be monotones except for a brightly colored pieces of fabric, such as a hat or scarf. Something about the angle makes the people and umbrella in your image seem larger than life....

Since they had settled up on an incline I was shooting from below, so the angle is a bit interesting...since no one has commented that the second option is a better one, I will probably leave the first in the challenge...
Thanks for your responses!

ic4u

The only thing that I wish for #1 is that the feet weren't cut off, otherwise, I really like the people being included in the shot!

rteest42

ic4u wrote: »

The only thing that I wish for #1 is that the feet weren't cut off, otherwise, I really like the people being included in the shot!

STUPID out of focus yellow cording got in the way....should I cut MORE of the feet off? I was trying the composition to 'ground' them...

lkbart

What if you cropped the whole photo L - to his knee, bottom - to her knee, the top of the umbrella & R - the back of the blonde's head? I think it would bring the stripes in closer to dominate the photo while keeping the characters.