[fionaB]

have been going thru some of my pics that i had dumped in my "look at later" pile... pulled this one out that for some obscure reason stands out for me. havent got a clue WHY, but i like it!
harsh honest critique please.



Fi

[sweet_sac]

Big fan.

Where is that? Looks familiar...

[Markulous]

Nicely comp'd with the lobster pots in the corner and the colours of the stack of fish boxes echoed by the lifeboat and yacht. Little too much sky for me and would've preferred a little space around base of lobster pots



Think the polarised sky provides more of a contrast to the pots and boats. Rotate CCW, crop, Grad, desaturate the reds/cyans, little D&B

[fionaB]

thanx folks...... i think maybe your right too harsh a crop at the bottom Mark!

sweet it should look familiar, it is Girvan harbour


Fi

[sweet_sac]

Yup, I knew i'd seen it before!

Have some friends down there but not visited in a while. Good shot, i like it.

[skipper954]

I think that Marks change makes the sky too prominent, and takes away from all the good stuff on the ground and water.

Fi's is better, but maybe just a tad of lighteneing of the FG would be good.

[danpen]

Lovely shot, I agree with some of the comments a slightler lighter foreground and a bit more space under the pots.

Here's my try at doing that ...



The extra foreground was simply cloned in (as you can tell), I used a levels layer with a mask made from inverting the blue channel to lighten the darker areas without changing the lighter areas.

I really like how the colourful right hand side contrasts with the mostly brown pots on the left hand side. The light is lovely as well.

[Soupdragon]

I like both versions, all that's left now is............. wait for it............... a monchrome version.

[fionaB]

heheh thanx all........... Soup i tried mono first as that has to be my fav medium....... but it didint do anything for me. well b/w didint........... so i may try a duotone......... unless anyone else wants to

Fiona

[Gary Bagshawe]

Great shot

[jockwav]

Nice shot fi

[cotter]

I like it Fiona, just a simple colourful picture, spot on

[Rob Barron]

Well composed shot Fi, well done :o)