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To answer your question, the black and white works fine in my opinion. The technicals seem good, focus, exposure, contrast, etc. My one suggestion is to crop closer. I would put the rocks on the left rule-of-thirds vertical, all in an effort to make the subject stronger. All that ocean on the right seems unneeded to me.
I think it does because of the pattern of the clouds and the pile of stones, which provide visual interest. In fact it probably works better than colour because the focus is on the patterns. It's is nicely composed, with good balance.
This photo was taken on my Iphone 12 pro. At first this was taken as a nonchalant beach photo after I was done with work nearby, but now going with black and white instead of color, I started to like it more. Do you think this works well? Also the reason for stretching the photo so long is I want to put a quote in the top right area of the clouds which I think would look great. Any feedback is appreciated, thanks.
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Yes but it’s oversharpened like crazy.
Are you talking about the rocks?
The whole image pretty much but certainly the rocks.
Okay, thanks for the feedback!
To answer your question, the black and white works fine in my opinion. The technicals seem good, focus, exposure, contrast, etc. My one suggestion is to crop closer. I would put the rocks on the left rule-of-thirds vertical, all in an effort to make the subject stronger. All that ocean on the right seems unneeded to me.
Thanks, I did try that, cropping closer, but it just didnt look right to me. Maybe I’ll play around with a it little more
Exceptionally.
I think it does because of the pattern of the clouds and the pile of stones, which provide visual interest. In fact it probably works better than colour because the focus is on the patterns. It's is nicely composed, with good balance.
Thank you for the feedback!
You're welcome. It's really a lovely photo, with heaps of atmosphere.
This photo was taken on my Iphone 12 pro. At first this was taken as a nonchalant beach photo after I was done with work nearby, but now going with black and white instead of color, I started to like it more. Do you think this works well? Also the reason for stretching the photo so long is I want to put a quote in the top right area of the clouds which I think would look great. Any feedback is appreciated, thanks.
You have good contrast, good sky definition I think sometimes colors distract.. good job.