I love the photo, it is truly a wonderful composition and makes me think of something Henri Cartier-Bresson might have done. But our digital world of today has made me very skeptical when viewing things. I get the feeling the person and the swan taking the feed were both added to the scene. I could be wrong but when I enlarge the image I see noise around the figure and swan head; and no where else in the image.
To all that don't think it's so great, I bet you don't have anything better.
CDP Photo wrote: To all that don't think it's so great, I bet you don't have anything better.
Nuh unh. What are we in 5th grade?
Just because I'm not dating someone better looking than Megan Fox doesn't mean I don't have the right to point out that the girl has a totally fucked up thumb. I'm not. But it doesn't make it any less valid.
Just because I'm not dating someone better looking than Megan Fox doesn't mean I don't have the right to point out that the girl has a totally fucked up thumb. I'm not. But it doesn't make it any less valid.
it is simple genius in vision
and just as fascinating that you chose to post it Nikki......
sadly, very very few photographers give any thought to compostition at all
and do not understand it or recognise it
Kyle T Edwards
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St Catharines, Ontario, Canada
I think it's a fantastically composed shot. Not only is it the black and white contrast, but it also has the contrast of the mass of swans active in the water versus one lone person standing on barren snow. Kinda bleak on the human side, but given how I've been lately, I can dig it.
Azimuth Arts wrote: Please don't feed the perception that it is winter in Canada all year long
It's a nice photo - but for me it's not the best.
Of course it's not winter all year long, here. We have August 14th, too!
Composite or not it's a very cool shot. If I was walking by this shot posted large on the wall I would say WOW. Then put on my photographer cap an pick it apart as we all do. But I would remember always the WOW.
It'a a cool shot and all, but certainly not compositionally speaking
Cool shot? Yes, absolutely.
Good composition? No. Not at all. But it is a cool shot.
For those who think it's not a composite, you're missing what's composited.
Picture the entire scene as is, but without the swans and ducks. That's how the shot was framed on a tripod. Then multiple shots of a couple of swans and ducks were composited to make the group and ensure they were in the right places.
MC Photo wrote: For those who think it's not a composite, you're missing what's composited.
Picture the entire scene as is, but without the swans and ducks. That's how the shot was framed on a tripod. Then multiple shots of a couple of swans and ducks were composited to make the group and ensure they were in the right places.
Is it for sure a composite? (I'm not arguing, just asking.) Is there a link to the individual frames or anything somewhere? Because if it IS a composite, then I don't think much of the "photo" at all.
This is a really well composed shot, if the photographer even composed it at all or just saw an opportunity that happened in nature, shot it, and there it is. I don't want to take away from it, it's gorgeous.
At the same time look at painters, illustrators, animators. Every element they put in (or don't) is consciously added. Just look at this: http://www10.big.or.jp/~tuesugi/ (illustration link on the bottom) This is what composition is all about. The pic above looks in the same vein.
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