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Monument to the Scuttled Ships. Sevastopol.
© KarolinaNik
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Uploaded: 06/05/07 12:53 AM GMT
Monument to the Scuttled Ships. Sevastopol.
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"The Monument to the Scuttled Ships" on the Sevastopol sea-front. It was built in memory of 15 naval ships that were scuttled to bar the entrance to the harbor for the naval ships during the Crimean War.
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::phasmid
06/07/07 2:30 AM GMT
You've done a very fine job on the composition of this upload. I like the touch of green in the foreground, as it makes the tree stand out better. Crimean War...oh, that's the one that was fought back in the 1800s. Love the way I have to brush up on my history when I see images like this .. :)PJ
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"You may forget.
But let me tell you this:
someone
in some future time
will think of us."
Highly competent, very interesting photograph, Karolina.
It does, though, present the eye with a dilemma. Should it focus on the fascinating tree in the foreground -- with its winding, wounded trunk -- or should it focus on the monument in the water? The buildings on the far shore add to the eye's confusion.
If I were told to make this very good image more compelling, I would suggest darkening the foreground and the two upper corners a bit. The goal would be to de-emphasize the tree (don't lose it, just make it less competitive) and enclose the monument with a subtle bit of darkness at the corners where the eye tends to jet off and abandon the point of the picture.
Then I might lighten the far shore just a bit to emphasize the distance and leave the monument in the water to dominate the eye without making it obvious to the viewer why.
In Photoshop or a similar program, you could test this out by using a gradient layer (in "overlay" blend mode) and brushing in areas like the tree trunk that you don't want darkened into obscurity. Add a regular layer and run a 2% white brush loosely over the far shore and you're nearly there. Switch the 2% brush to black and gently darken the upper corners. Then the monument becomes the eye's true obsession, but none of your delicious detail is lost.
Just a thought.
"May lilies" in your gallery exhibits the techniques I'm toying with here as does "River landscape," so I'm not pretending to teach you a thing.
Lovely work all 'round.
P.S. Your "Golden subway station" was one of the first images I ever downloaded from Caedes. I work in Washington, DC, which has a subway of its own, and my co-workers were always demanding to know which station THAT was when they noticed what was on my computer screen. That it wasn't in DC always provoked disappointment. I've always looked forward to seeing more of your work -- and now I have. Thank you.
It does, though, present the eye with a dilemma. Should it focus on the fascinating tree in the foreground -- with its winding, wounded trunk -- or should it focus on the monument in the water? The buildings on the far shore add to the eye's confusion.
If I were told to make this very good image more compelling, I would suggest darkening the foreground and the two upper corners a bit. The goal would be to de-emphasize the tree (don't lose it, just make it less competitive) and enclose the monument with a subtle bit of darkness at the corners where the eye tends to jet off and abandon the point of the picture.
Then I might lighten the far shore just a bit to emphasize the distance and leave the monument in the water to dominate the eye without making it obvious to the viewer why.
In Photoshop or a similar program, you could test this out by using a gradient layer (in "overlay" blend mode) and brushing in areas like the tree trunk that you don't want darkened into obscurity. Add a regular layer and run a 2% white brush loosely over the far shore and you're nearly there. Switch the 2% brush to black and gently darken the upper corners. Then the monument becomes the eye's true obsession, but none of your delicious detail is lost.
Just a thought.
"May lilies" in your gallery exhibits the techniques I'm toying with here as does "River landscape," so I'm not pretending to teach you a thing.
Lovely work all 'round.
P.S. Your "Golden subway station" was one of the first images I ever downloaded from Caedes. I work in Washington, DC, which has a subway of its own, and my co-workers were always demanding to know which station THAT was when they noticed what was on my computer screen. That it wasn't in DC always provoked disappointment. I've always looked forward to seeing more of your work -- and now I have. Thank you.
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“A photograph is a secret about a secret.
The more it tells you the less you know.”
Diane Arbus
Like Pixleslie, I would also darken the foreground, because the tree is really oroginal, with its shape, and the picture would gain a lot if it stood out a little bit more.
Thanks for sharing your work!
Thanks for sharing your work!
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Each subject would make an interesting photog on its own.As is i find it too busy.Keep sharing your fine work.............Jim
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