Italy 1: Yellow Towel & Umbrella

[Didache]

Hi all ... one of the images from my trip to Italy and a possible, I think, for a club picture.

As always, any comments are very welcome.

Cheers
Mike

[Overbeyond]

I like the viewpoint of the corner of the railing and buildings here Mike but I would like it better if the towel had a better position on the rails and had not been cut off especially as it is part of the main subject. Other than that I think this is a very nice shot.

[Didache]

Fair point Tom .. here is a VERY carefully cloned version ...

Cheers
Mike

[SmartWombat]

Lower angle centred, upper angle on right 1/3, right edge of arch on left 1/3, yellow subjects Symmetrical, top of arch on the 1/3 ... a compositional exercise ?

It does need that towel cloned out, good job on that.

[gahspidy]

Love the shot. Simple, strong comp and great color combinations. Tom suggestion worked well, as well as your cloning skill.
nicely done.

[Frog]

Love your eye.....that's all I can say!

[MB1]

I am no fan of cloning but that is a good improvement over the original.

I'm also thinking it would use a little less contrast and a bit more saturation (since you are fooling around with the image anyway).

Nice composition BTW.

[Greg McCary]

Mike your compositional skills are top notch. Everything is always layed out perfectly. It really just boils down to personal taste. I like the cloned version the best but nothing wrong with the first edit. The yellow against the pink and black work well. The only suggestion I would have tried is skewing the image so the corner of the building was level. Nice work Mike....

[erikzen]

For what it's worth, I think the cloned version is a vast improvement, but either shot looks great. I can only hope to do so well.

[Didache]

Thanks guys ... I am grateful for Tom's suggestion - it really does improve it I think. I will try printing it up today - I might have to play around with the contrast and saturation a little, but I think it will make a good print.

Cheers
Mike