Habor light

gopher78gopher78 Registered Users Posts: 50 Big grins
edited March 1, 2005 in Wildlife
Thought this would be a nice morning shot. Cold out and I didn't have any gloves so I shot and ran. Any suggestions on cropping? I liked the contrast between the light pole and the light house but any goes.

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  • ridetwistyroadsridetwistyroads Registered Users Posts: 526 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2005
    It conveys the cold of the morning with great blues - most execelent. Not much good at cropping myself (yet), so little help there.....but I can almost smell the crisp air!
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2005
    I suppose you could clone out the flare, doesn't bother me, but others mention it sometimes.

    I don't see that you need to crop. Fine detail in the foreground shadow area which leads into the main middle area. I love the mist or whatever rising up that makes it look even colder.

    Very good shot.

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  • SamSam Registered Users Posts: 7,419 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2005
    OK, here is my take on a crop.

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  • Ann McRaeAnn McRae Registered Users Posts: 4,584 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2005
    Sam wrote:
    OK, here is my take on a crop.

    Sam
    That would have been my suggestion too - take out some of the foreground so that the horizon is at the 1/3 mark from the bottom. And take some off of the right.

    And btw, lovely shot - great colors!
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  • KhaosKhaos Registered Users Posts: 2,435 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2005
    I would crop out the bottom also, but I think I would leave the right. The expanse of the sunset is taken away when you crop it like that.
  • gopher78gopher78 Registered Users Posts: 50 Big grins
    edited February 21, 2005
    Attached is a photo taken 5 minutes before my shot. One was taken with Canon 10D and the other a 20D Both people handling the cameras are as green as they come. We use only about 1/100 of what the camera is capable of doing but we are slowly learning. Again, thanks for the comments. I enjoy seeing what others are seeing through a lens.


    Khaos wrote:
    I would crop out the bottom also, but I think I would leave the right. The expanse of the sunset is taken away when you crop it like that.
  • BridgeCityBridgeCity Registered Users Posts: 338 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2005
    I enjoy the darker colors in the second picture a great deal! Makes me wish it wasnt overcast in Oregon :cry
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  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2005
    A composition suggestion
    So pretty, love the colors and the mist/steam comiing off the water. Hmmm, is the water warmer than the air? :):

    I don't know the area, although I've seen lots of photos of this light...

    Is it possible to get the lamp post in the foreground and the lighthouse? You would have to be to the left of the lam post for this to work. Maybe the water is frozen? rolleyes1.gif

    Part of the problem with this photo is that things are too evenly spaced across the field, harbor light, tree, lamp post...
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  • gopher78gopher78 Registered Users Posts: 50 Big grins
    edited February 21, 2005
    I like the suggestion --going further to the left. I think that would work too because the shore (Lake Superior) curves slightly. Water was warmer that air. About 18 below but no wind so it was tolerable.


    Dee wrote:
    So pretty, love the colors and the mist/steam comiing off the water. Hmmm, is the water warmer than the air? :):

    I don't know the area, although I've seen lots of photos of this light...

    Is it possible to get the lamp post in the foreground and the lighthouse? You would have to be to the left of the lam post for this to work. Maybe the water is frozen? rolleyes1.gif

    Part of the problem with this photo is that things are too evenly spaced across the field, harbor light, tree, lamp post...
  • potatopotato Registered Users Posts: 2 Beginner grinner
    edited March 1, 2005
    Neat shot. Love winter pictures. I like the cropping Sam did. Makes the picture even better.


    Khaos wrote:
    I would crop out the bottom also, but I think I would leave the right. The expanse of the sunset is taken away when you crop it like that.
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