Beached Can

[SmartWombat]

Any preference for these shots?
If you do prefer one, or not, why?
I want to know what works
And what doesn't

[jaggie]

is the can superimposed? I love the beach shot but feel the can looks staged somehow and i can't quite put my finger on it.

[SmartWombat]

No, the can is where I found it.
You can see at the bottom the stones are in front of it and obscuring the unpainted bit.
There was even a bit of drink left in it - someone had just wandered off and abandoned it !

The only staged bit was that I waited for waves big enough to make a background
But the composition of the two shots is subtly different...

[Frog]

I don't have a preference though the second is closer. I would like it more if the can was farther down towards the waves, even if you did have to stage it.
I always have trouble getting a good shot of litter though it does tell a story.

[SmartWombat]

I don't have a preference though the second is closer

Interesting illusion that.
Unless they are being presented the wrong way round.

The photo without the breaking wave on the left is on top for me (http://forums.photographyreview.com/...1&d=1222973020) so I'd call that first.

The photo with the breaking wave on the left is on the bottom for me (http://forums.photographyreview.com/...1&d=1222973020) and I'd call that second.

I didn't change my viewpoint and I don't think I zoomed at all, I just put the can on and off the 1/3 by pan/tilt.

[F-15_Flyer]

Really wild pictures! The can makes the scene so surrealistic. Love all the different textures. The second is my favorite, the space is divided a bit nicer, and the wave adds a tension.