this is a very unique and beautiful shot. i love the framing too. tables and scenery are supposed to be separate elements but in here, they look so in harmony with each other. good job!
Erg mooie foto, Tim. Experimenteren met diverse dingen is altijd goed en je leert erg veel van. Ik doe het regelmatig maar niet genoeg, naar mijn gevoel omdat ik er niet zoveel tijd voor heb. Wat betreft de frames, ik ben er niet zo'n fan van, zeker niet voor abstracten maar die van jou hier find ik erg toepasselijk. De diepte in deze foto lijkt me ook goed maar ik vind het licht bovenaan een beetje te fel.Gezien het perspectief, de tafels, al, geven genoeg diepte en daarom vind ik een cropping zoals die van Hugo eigenlijk erg goed. Dan is het onnodig felle licht weg en de diepte blijft goed. Het idee om de tafels zo'n belangrijk platsing in de foto te geven is erg geslagd en die geven een prachtige diepte. Mooie warme kleuren.
ps. de druppeltjes in mijn "Cherie Beach" foto zijn echt verf , geen op een ondergrond van aluminium. Die zijn op een oude ladder die ik thuis heb. Bedankt voor je reactie Groetjes - Emgy
Well Tim, Hugo allways has the point... That is alfa and omega! I like it a lot... even better than the Hugos crop. It is the truth that the prospective and the ski lift allready shows the depth of it, but you had choosed the hard one here... You shot it towards the light in the middle of a day... I would take it in a different prospective: I would choose the maximum diagonal posible to even increase the table field, eliminate the people on right, a person on left and a bar on the left. That would give the image only tables and only mountains. And I would defenately choose a different time of a day to get tables colors more effective! Good and hard job! Andrej
Hi Tim, two experiments in one.... As you know I'm struggling with my framing, so I'll refrain from commenting on that part (Who am I to advise you on framing? At least I'm glad it is not black....) As for the sense of depth using the tables, I think that coul be very effective in any situation, except this. That's mainly because in such a landscape there's already a lot of apparent depth just by judging the size of things. The lift in the background is very small, whereas the persons in the foreground are big. (In other words, the sense of depth is provided by the perspective.)
In a closed environment (a hall, classroom, etc) the perspective in the tables would come out better, I think But I like what you did. If you'd focussed (and composed) on the tables, it would give another story all thogether. I cropped the top of your photo to illustrate what I mean. By doing so, I removed all other reference to the depth of the scene, which now only lays in the perspective of the tables.
This doesn't mean I don't like this shot, I think it is beautiful photo, and compared to your January walk series, I think you mastered the art of shooting into the sun perfectly. My compliments! Great lighting and compostion.
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