Project 52 - First Quarter - by Nicola

[FrankMi]

Hi Nicola! You have a lot of drama going on in this image and I love it! The people add a human interest element and being as small as they are in the overall scene, they do not bother me a bit that they are not all looking at the sunset. If the scene had been predominantly about the people it may have made a difference.

The ships on the horizon beckon thoughts of travel. If there was one thing that would add to the overall scene, it would be a seagull or two lofting on the sea breezes.

I would play with the crop to see if I could get a wider aspect ratio without leaving the horizon too close to the centerline but other than that it works very well for me.

Did you get other images of this scene? I would have loved to be there with you when you captured this!

[Nicola]

Thank you Bruce, Binnur John, Geoff and Frank!
Actually there was one more person standing close to the edge of the rock, with a big tripod and camera!
I cloned him out, it was not-watchable!

I tried a different crop, maybe it works better. What do you think?
I'm too lazy at the moment to try cloning the people near the tree...



Here an other picture I captured that day: note the strange cloud.. it seems an atomic explosion! isn't it?

[Geoff F]

I think that crop does concentrate more on the clouds.

That last image cloud is a bit like an anvil cloud, which is supposed to be a sign of approaching thundery weather.

[bnnrcn]

Hi Nicola. The crop works for me as the composition looks less crowded. The clouds look really interesting in the second image. I think there is a red lens flare on the rock at the RHS. I would clone it out. It is a nice image although the blown out sun distracts a bit.