Yeah, it's actually small pebbles with very little or no sand. The Japanese blasted out the side of a nearly solid rock "hill" for a spillway and a bridge just upstream a few hundred yards about 30 years ago or so and this is the naturally processed material from that.
It is indeed a very different angle that defies common compositional guidelines. This could be a reason why gets the viewer curiosity. The positioning of the subjects (?) in the classic 1/3 helps. However, honestly, as a viewer, I'm not sure the viewer gets the message you are sending as my eyes are not attracted by any "focus point". The pebbles (if they are the subjects) don't really stand out due to the high angle and the amount of negative space is a bit overpowering the birds. If the subjects is just the "view", again, the high perspective makes it a bit flat with no depth (I believe the lack of Foreground and Background has something to do with it) and the eye keeps wondering around looking for something, an anchor point. May be a tighter crop would help.
I tried to give you my honest point of view (which is of course totally personal) and having read some of your comments in other Forum I'm sure you will take it in its intended contest. I do appreciate the work you did and you should keep experimenting. Some may work out well, other may not. But you won't know until you try.
Socrate
P.S. BTW I'm using FF and the only pink I see on my monitor is along the left frame a bit.
Wow! Nice in-depth critique! All points worth considering! Thanks!
Within the terms you bring to the table the view is the primary subject. I thought the ground angle in relation to the sensor plane gave it the depth I was looking for without needing foreground elements to set it off. Yeah, it's pretty subtle, I admit.
Thanks again for the taking the time! Very appreciated!
trenchmonkey wrote:
QUACK! Always up for a different look, nice capture.
Always up for a different looking quack? Hey! I represent that! >:[
Thanks man! I dig what I see from you too BTW! I got me some catching up to do!
harshaj1 wrote:
It took me second to find the birds in the picture.
very different perspective for sure
Nice work
Harsha
Thanks harshaj1!
So many nice comments about my creativity. But, ya know... while I would like to take credit for such things I'm afraid the mother of my creativity is really necessity. Had I had the resolve of a top spec lens and sensor I'm sure I would have cropped it MUCH tighter or passed on the shot all together. As in music, using low quality or unorthodox devices to generate a product sometimes forces one to, fly by the seat of the pants - so to speak, and make whatever happens work to the advantage.
Hehe, Do I hear a new book release on the horizon? "The Tao of Digital Photography - (on the cheap)"
No, your pictures are not that bad. Are your pictures, great and outstanding? Hmmmm.... not really Color, contrast and sharpness are really good but there is no "WOW!" factor. Here is a good guideline when shooting these kind of subjects: the high angle from the birds it is not always optimal. Consider shooting more leveled with the birds since this way will create a nice, blurred bg that will make the subject stand out. In other words, try to isolate your subjects from the bg as this gives more impact to the image. Try also shooting from the from rather than from the back. You can see a lot of great examples of this technique here on other people's thread. Look at those photos, see what you like. Then look at your photos, see what you did good, but mainly what you can correct next time and and try to achieve the same results. I can already see some improvement compared to the previous image, so you are on the right path. Keep shooting and keep posting.
Socrate
All points worth considering! Thanks!
Thanks man! I dig what I see from you too BTW! I got me some catching up to do!