Solitude

[philmony]

The inlet was deserted save for this dude in his small boat ... no sounds, no people (except me taking the pic) ... gives a feeling of oneness with water and the elements.
F4.9 ... 1/250 ... ISO 50 (Picture was cropped slightly on the sides)

Please critique - Thanks

[soren]

good pic
great color and subject

but i think the theme might be better expressed if you had zoomed in a bit more on the lone boater. possibly shoot vertical so you still get most of the open water in the shot to keep that alone feeling to it?

but i love that gold water!

[PhoebeG]

Just one nitpick, the horizon is slightly off level. Was that the natural color of the scence? Looks as if it were sepia tinted. Nice image.

PG

[philmony]

Just one nitpick, the horizon is slightly off level. Was that the natural color of the scence? Looks as if it were sepia tinted. Nice image.

PG

Hi - No, it was not Sepia tinted - although I did shoot one directly after this one with sepia tinting ... but imho it came out to dark. I felt that hitting the boater direct on instead of levelling the horizon seem to give it more depth. This was the best of 8 shots taken with different settings on my Canon A80 (newly acquired, so lots of experimenting going on). Thanks for the comments ...
peace

[Young Shooter]

i like the picture alot i would consider brightening the picture in ps which i did a little of this but the color is messed up w.e

[greg hxc]

i like the picture alot i would consider brightening the picture in ps which i did a little of this but the color is messed up w.e

Just upping the brightness can leave the photo washed out (as it did in this one). remember that it brightens *everything* including your blacks, destroying your contrast. If you dig deeper and experiment with levels and curves you'll discover a whole slew of ways to better images without losing any of the quality. After using PS for years, I still haven't come close to knowing half of what it can do.

Edit: As a side note, I don't feel this particular photo is too dark and don't see the need to 'shop it up. That could be my over-bright monitors fault though.

[Dave L]

Lovely picture - frame it and hang it up !