Challenge:People (Classic Editing) Camera:Sony DSC-F707 Location: France, Petit Nice Date: May 20, 2002 Aperture: F8.0 ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/800 Galleries:Sports, Water Date Uploaded: May 21, 2002
Nice idea, but I think it would have been even better as a photo if you'd moved closer to the main subjects so you could avoid placing all the other people in the foreground. I didn't realize at first, but the actual horizon (the ocean) is crooked, while the perceptual horizon is straight. It didn't bother me until I realized it, but it's not very noticeable. I like the idea of these guys as silhouettes, but I'm not sure if you'd be able to tell what they're doing if you went that far. Maybe if you just brought up the levels over all -- the sand and ocean are pretty dark.
This photo could've been SO much stronger could you have cropped out the people in the front. move to the left and zoom in a bit. With all th foreground mess it seems very poorly composed.
The people in the foreground take away from the boys. Getting closer (I know it may not have been possible) to the group, or focusing on one of the closer ones may have been more effective.
I'm gonna guess that you didn't know them and so you had to probably keep a safe distance. You could have had a GREAT photo if you just had a telephoto lens and focused on a couple of guys around the ball. Besides that the picture is a bit dark fora bright day on the beach.
If this is an afternoon shot, it needed to be a morning shot, or vise versa. Boys appear almost as shadows. Foreground too distracting/busy. Photo 8 Creativity 8 People 9 total 8
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