Returning Fisherman

[Lenny Wollitz]

I hired a cab to take me around to some small fishing villages here.  I have always wanted to shoot something like this and couldn’t believe my eyes with the rotting piers AND a fisherman.   I would like more space on the right but that was not an option.  1/320, f18, 70mm, iso4oo

[3pco]

This is really nice, Lenny. How’d you get the egret to cooperate?

[Laura Kneedler]

I really like the composition and the story it tells.

[Tersha]

I like the a lot Lenny, if anything, I’d say it was a bit bright?

[Tom M]

And a bird to boot…

 

[billyspad]

Everything is working perfectly Lenny great subject nice composition and send a thank you to that big bird cos he makes the shot for me. Now I would take it back into the darkroom and process it again. Its too bright and harsh. Just needs fine tuning.

[Graham Hart]

I absolutely love the reflections in the water Lenny, in fact to me they are the main attraction. I don’t think the background land mass is a required element in this pic either. A quick edit with some cropping, vignette and softening…

[Tom M]

Like what you did there Graham. Tell me how you did the softening…

 

[Graham Hart]

After the crop, I dodged the reflections a little to make the poles pop a bit more, lightened the bird, darkened the boat, added a vignette then applied a Topaz B&W preset which basically reduced the contrasts in the pic to give it a silkier look.

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Hi Lenny, I really like the image and its composition. I would like to see the image cropped so it stays without the sky and the little bit of the mountain. Not sure what you think 🙂

[Erik Fransman]

[Rob Eyers]

Nice Lenny. Erik’s version is what I would do. It keeps the feel of the hard sunshine and adds the space you were looking for on the right.

If it were me, I think I would have used f/11 to get the ISO down as it’s a bit noisy. It would have been closer to the lens sweet spot too but hey that’s just me.

[Federico Alegria]

Lenny, the only thing bothering me is the signature… You are evolving into a great social photographer. The composition here is extremely pleasant, and the heron gives it a fantastic touch.

All the post-processing suggestions are valuable, but honestly I would stick to yours, it has more context, and reading it is extremely comfortable.

[SimonParks]

It’s a shame the taxi driver wasn’t quicker, you might have got your man ‘rowing’ into the picture, rather than out, think you missed the shot by about 10 seconds! Looks like a Real Madrid shirt, so that’s where Christiano is? Otherwise, as always, nice processing!

[Mistyisle]

My crop would be severe, Lenny, might even make you squirm!  ….. and I would hate to do that! 

 

[Lenny Wollitz]

Thanks for all of the comments!  I want to show the environment so I would not crop out the horizon and mountains.  Rob I would never use F18 except I was going between sun and shade and was using the PHD mode, Push Here Dummy.  I agree, I like Erik’s and will emulate it.

[Lenny Wollitz]

Mistyisle, Make me squirm.  It’s a good way to learn!

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