Lightroom RAW conversion. Sharpening technique: resize to 1000px, sharpen twice, resize to 500px, smart sharpen 50% 0.2px. Added a 1px white border around the image. Added the large black border around the image. Wrote the motivational text. Save for web.
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I really like this! The darkness, and the man up to at a point that took effort. The light seems to signify hope when it was dark around him. (sorry I guess I am interpreting it) Great title and byline.
Anyway the positioning of the model, the dark from foreground to background interspersed with beautiful lighting and great colors is excellent in my opinion!
Your smooth sea/sand almost very eye appealing. Way to go!
In my belief there are more things that contribute for a great motivational/de-motivational poster:
Idea/creativity: 10
Quality of the photo: 10
Artistic viewpoint: 10
Frame/borders: 10
Appealence of the font: 8
Average: 9.6 (10)
Great. Presentation is good, the image is good, the overall submission works.
Shame about the low cloud though, as it means the contrast of the person against the sky is lost somewhat. Having the clear image against the bright sky would have made this better, as at the moment, it does blend a little which loses the effect.
The 'cross-pose' does not work her, the guy is too far away in order to be the subject and should not grab the attention so much (or more subtly). That's the feeling I got before I read the text. After reading it, it's not much better because the guy is already at the end of his ambitions.
I feel very cruel now, it's still a great picture.
Haven't we seen this fence a few times before? I know that you have done well here, and frankly this is another lovely shot, but how often can you mine the same ground and strike gold?
That said, a lovely shot with nice detail in the foreground, the only knock is the rather stiff "look at me I'm an airplane" pose of the model. He interrupts a great example of leading lines that reinforce your text.
Wonderful colours DOF, leading lines and composition. My only pick would be I'm not too crazy about your font for a motivational poster - small detract. Best of luck 8
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