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Harbour Zaandam

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J.W. van den Bos

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Dawid Loubser

Member
Hi J.W.,

I find the composition of all three of these a bit lacking, none of them feel calm or balanced. With the first and third photos, you chop parts of the main subject off, and if, in the first one, if your subject is the Duijn Bloem Voss building, parhaps stepping right and framing to cut out the overwpowering red wall would make for a much more focused documentary of this beautiful bulding.

You may also want to sharpen a tad less at this output size, they look a bit "harsh".

regards, and happy shooting,
Dawid
 
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Ken Tanaka

pro member
Hi Jan,

I agree with Dawid. You seem to be having trouble making visual decisions. Concentrate on placing elements in the frame, just as if these were all little paper cut-outs. I think you're snapping what you first notice. Make decisions concerning what's important visually. Your #2 and #3 shots really evidence your confusion; Building? Water? Boat? Reflections?

You also should really consider putting the camera away at midday. I suspect that each of these scenes would have been better served in early morning or late afternoon.
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief


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J.W. van den Bos Harbour Zaandam​

Welcome back, J.W.,

Of course, I too can say the composition is not how I'd like to see it and even, if it were mine, add in the wide expanse of water I'd like to balance the scene. However, that would not be your vision.

So now I look at your picture in a new way. Remember you had a picture of a highly saturated isolated flower and I said it would be fine in the Biannale, Venice, 24 feet high? Well, now I feel the same!

This view is indeed different and not what is expected. It's out of balance and the building is not vertical. This very disturbance and lack of balance it now becoming a voice to me. It might simply be my reaction to nonsense, imagining more than there "is". The picture likely works for me based on what I bring to it and not on some aspects of "beauty" or harmony that we value and enjoy in a photograph. Ultimately, for me, this picture is a pleasant disturbance, like an alarm clark that alerts us. I doubt that was your intention. That's my sense of things, it might be that I don't understand your intent but I do appreciate the picture for how it works for me.

Thanks for sharing,

Asher
 
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