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Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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I can see lots of things going on here in the areas of composition and lighting study. I can also see the results of some skilled postwork.
The fact that the rails are not centered is being augmented by the sun reflecting near the left rail, giving the viewer that, perhaps this is a candid first person view as they are walking up to the water's edge. Centering the railing might take away from that feeling, so kudo's there for suggesting motion.
Remember the rule of thirds in composition. Here, the sun highlights the area to the left, creating interest and drawing the eye deeper into the picture, a classic use of the rule of thirds. Bulls eye centering of compositional elements is boring, and when things are off center, the eyes are forced to look around and see more of the image for longer periods of time.
I can see saturation of the colours and concentration of the shadows. This was done post edit with contrast and saturation presets. The mild saturation creates a sense of urgency. It is like, "Yes, it is hot and I must get in that water NOW." And the deep shadows in the trees attained through gentle contrast boosting create mystery of what lies beyond on yonder shore.
The depth of field is incredible. You can see the woodgrain on the planks of the ladder while still being able to pick out the leaves on the trees and the clouds retaining sharp edges in the deep blue sky. This lens is sharp from about 2 feet to infinity at this setting, which looks to be around f11~16 in aperture, perhaps. An 11mm lens stopped down that far is almost focus free, but one still has to set the DOF points on the aperture guide to get maximum DOF, which the photographer has done with total precision in this shot.
One of the nice things about photos of this high a resolution and quality is that you can use parts of them in other compositions where this is but one of the layers in the finished manipulation, thus it is a good candidate for some really good stock imagery, even though the picture is fine on its own the way it is.
One thing I was very impressed by was when you enlarge the image it’s still as striking (if not more so!) as the smaller image (or even the thumb). In my opinion, it takes real talent to master all of these sizes so well. Too often we see an image on DA that look fantastic in thumb only to be disappointed when its enlarged – Cool Summer Fun curbs that beautifully!
The only negative thing I’d say about this, it doesn’t seem like the photographer was positioned right, the bar on the left looks a little off compared to the right one – although this might have been what you were going for, it sits a little uneasily with me personally. Also, the dark part of the trees seem a little too dark to me, it turns the image from a lovely summer day to something slightly frightening – but again, that might have been what intended.
The part I love the most is the sunlight shining on the water and the fact that you can see under the water surface, it looks lovely and inviting, almost like you want to jump right in! I think if you cropped out the trees and simply had the water, the reflection of the clouds and the wooden planks it would still be an amazing image!
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