Boat in Totnes Mill Leat
These two shots are fresh out of the digital darkroom but I can't decide right now which one I should run with.
With the portrait version, attention is sharply on the boat. The ladder is falling into shot, giving access from the ...well, we cant quite see from where, although a visual clue is there. The light catching the weeds on the right gives what I think is a nice touch of additional interest.
Much more context appears in this version and there's the additional macro contrast between neatly tended potted plants and the sludge of the leat. The other thing I like about this is the cascade of "weeds" along the top right of the leat wall and the way the sunlight was catching them. There's some lovely tones there as a result.
All comments / suggestions welcome
Stumble It!
Portrait merits
With the portrait version, attention is sharply on the boat. The ladder is falling into shot, giving access from the ...well, we cant quite see from where, although a visual clue is there. The light catching the weeds on the right gives what I think is a nice touch of additional interest.Landscape merits
Much more context appears in this version and there's the additional macro contrast between neatly tended potted plants and the sludge of the leat. The other thing I like about this is the cascade of "weeds" along the top right of the leat wall and the way the sunlight was catching them. There's some lovely tones there as a result.Over to you...
So which one would you choose?All comments / suggestions welcome
Labels: boats, digital-darkroom, HDR
Stumble It!
posted by Highton-Ridley at
02:42
5 Comments:
I'm a close-up person so I like the first shot as it gives the eye a place to travel and wonder what else is there.
Difficult choice as you say they are both great photos in their own right. I would have to go with the landscape shot myself as there is more interest. Its overall 'lighter' in tone and captures the scene really well. Both are brilliant though!
The tonal quality is excellent in both, but personally I like the portrait version.. it's a more concise composition and let's the viewer fill in what may or may not be the context. The potted plants and railing in the upper corner are a bit of a distraction from the main subject in the landscape version, at least for me.. I'm sure you'll get many opposite opinions:)
Both greatI im no expert but the Portrait one caught my eye.
Thanks for your thoughts everyone, it's really appreciated.
I've come back to this a few times and like most of you, each time it's the portrait version that swings it for me.
It's the old "sentence " thing at play again. A sentence has just one subject and its whole structure and content is about that one thing. If there are any sub-clauses, they've got to take a real back seat to the main.
And so it is, I think, with the portrait version. As Mark says above, the weeds, railings and pots are just distraction from the main subject, the boat.
But as usual, it's all in the eye of the beholder, Graham ;)
Thanks again all,
Cheers,
--Mark
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