jasmis (51023) 2009-12-18 00:33:31

Leveles, saturation, cropping.

saxo042 (16298) 2009-12-14 00:03:48

Same ships at another angle.

saxo042 (16298) 2009-12-12 00:20:08

A wider view

graffer (1764) 2009-11-24 04:24:45

I have superimposed a thirds grid, and shown a couple of diagonals suggested to me by the arrangement of the figures.

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saxo042 (16298) 2009-11-24 00:05:34

We didn´t get that far up on the slope. Maybe we were into this picture.

graffer (1764) 2009-11-22 02:51:39

The proportion of water to the rocks is roughly 2/3:1/3 and the two musicians are well placed according to the rule of thirds.

The diagonal lines made by the way they are holding their guitars, form two sides of an imaginary triangle, giving strength to the composition. The sunlight from the side produces more diagonals with the shadows cast on the rock.

The direction of the gaze of the nearer blond haired man neatly parallels the line of his instrument.


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graffer (1764) 2009-11-20 03:20:55

While retaining the relation of the image to the "thirds grid", I have cropped a bit from the top, altering the squareness of that piece of sky.

I felt that the fact that it was exactly bounded by thirds lines, and occupied exactly a ninth of the whole image area, gave it a bit too much "weight" in the composition.

What do you think?

P.


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UlfE (9180) 2009-11-19 11:04:09

A different cropping

graffer (1764) 2009-11-16 06:20:44

A very satisfactory composition with the "cameo" of the two men in conversation positioned around the upper right intersection of thirds. The body language of the two, and the interaction of their gaze reinforce this.

There is also a strong diagonal from top right to bottom left directly through this "cameo" area, the accordion and then to the bag laid on the ground.

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graffer (1764) 2009-11-12 07:42:51

I've superimposed the usual thirds grid, but I've also applied Auto levels to bring out the darkest tones. A bit more fine tuning using "Curves" would adjust these darkest areas more precisely.


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