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robertnzana
26th of December 2009 (Sat), 19:32
Can I please get some C&C on this picture? Of course I did some post on it. Thanks in advance for your honesty!

(NOTE: I removed this pic because I updated it. See the latest pic down below...)
jetcode
26th of December 2009 (Sat), 19:37
the content is nice but it looks a little cooked, over exposed, a better print would help
robertnzana
26th of December 2009 (Sat), 19:39
Thanks. I was going for a muted HDR look. But I agree that it needs some work! :)
jetcode
26th of December 2009 (Sat), 19:41
thanks for sharing that, you did it well
robertnzana
26th of December 2009 (Sat), 20:32
I did more work on the picture and cleaned up the blown out areas, etc...
robertnzana
26th of December 2009 (Sat), 21:01
Do you all feel that this pic is too "busy"? Or do u like the look?
Thejaggy
26th of December 2009 (Sat), 21:16
IMHO it's too busy. There's not really a focal point in the picture.
robertnzana
26th of December 2009 (Sat), 21:23
Thanks. Perhaps I was hoping for the boat on the left, but there's so much going on.
williejr
27th of December 2009 (Sun), 02:32
IMHO it's too busy. There's not really a focal point in the picture.

My first reaction was, "dam, that's a lot of boats!"

Does there have to be a focus? Can't a picture scream "busy marina" ??
andyg30
27th of December 2009 (Sun), 02:42
too busy!
ianh
27th of December 2009 (Sun), 03:09
It's extremely busy, and I almost want to say that it works great simply because of the chaos it depicts, but if the crop were just a little less tight it would work better I think. At least on the top, the poles being cut off feels a bit "off".

It looks a little tilted CW too.
spot9
27th of December 2009 (Sun), 05:30
it is too busy, but it also gives the impression of "those who dock together, flock together", "all for one, one for all" sort of deal. i kind of like it.
Suedezu
27th of December 2009 (Sun), 08:55
Way too busy and all the boats look the same.

It would have been great if one boat could stand out from the rest. This way you would have had a subject in the photograph.
robertnzana
27th of December 2009 (Sun), 09:48
When I encountered this marina I was like "man that's a whole lotta boats!" When I shot this picture I was less into photography (few years ago). But, if I ever go back I'm going to focus on one boat as the primary focus. Thanks for the feedback. For now this picture will have to scream "I'M REALLY BUSY" and it will appeal only to a select few people. Hehe. Thanks again!