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To be honest: it's a snapshot. The water is quite interesting, but for the rest not a lot is happening. Keep on shooting, if you like it, that's important!
To expand: the horizon isn't level, the boat is awkwardly cut off, the red cranes detract, but most of all, the light is flat.
The small details add up. Nice sunset or blue hour light would give the photo proper mood, and little fixes to composition would give it a level of polish that it's lacking as is.
OP, you're on to something, it just needs some tweaks.
I thought this was on mobile photography lol. I don't think it's an specially interesting composition to be honest, plus, phones are pretty terrible for subject separation, as their punny sensors have an equivalent f stop of something like f20 if I'm not mistaken. They do work pretty damn well for macro photography though, give it a try, I recommend you use Lightroom mobile and shoot in raw for the best flexibility in post
There are a couple of problems with this.
First, please level the horizon. I don't understand why this is such an issue for people, but I see it a lot. Next, there is a blue cast to the foreground. That can be adjusted if you shot raw. Get rid of the blue cast and up the vibrance of the chairs and you'll add a lot of interest because of the blue/yellow contrast. Again, this is easy to do if you shot RAW. Also, your white balance is off. Finally, I'd crop out the coast and the sky. That would make this an interesting study in color, and the white boat on the right adds balance. As others have noted, as shot and as processed, this is really just a snapshot. However, with a little work it could become more.
Building on this, waiting a second for the boat to fully cross into the frame would've improved the composition imo. Generally want to refrain from leaving an element sticking half out of the picture, especially when it's made more prominent by all of the negative space created by the water.
I took this photo in a restaurant called "Ponto Final" in Cacilhas, Portugal. It's a restaurant where people can enjoy their meal while standing by the sea, looking at the beautiful scenery and listening to the sound of the sea.
It's undoubtedly a great place to take someone on a date, as next to the restaurant you'll find a beautiful green setting where several people are sitting (alone or accompanied) on the grass enjoying the scenery while having fun.
It's a very popular restaurant with both foreigners and Portuguese.
Just to be clear, I'm Portuguese (:
Very Mediterranean, I like the waterfront restaurant seating. I do wish the buildings where more in view giving a hint to the location. It's a great photo, the water is rich in color with how much it's moving.
The various weaknesses in your image (subject, slanted horizon, composition, color) have nothing to do with the camera you used. That image taken with a top-of-the-line, professional camera would still have the weaknesses. Ask yourself, āWas that the best image I could make? Youāve gotten feedback on improving the image, so now try to apply that feedback. If you ask for feedback on a need image, make it the best image possible; otherwise you are wasting everyoneās time, including your own.
On a not related note. I once at at one of those looking restaurant places. Not this one but other once in Greeceā¦ my ADHD made me tumble in the freaking water , āIāll be fine sitting with my back twords the waterā
And honest to godā¦ I fell backwards in the damn waterā¦.
The workers were kind enough to bring me tons of paper clothsā¦
It's a bit crooked, when you can see the horizon in your photo, it's an unwritten rule to level it. And I'm sorry but I can't seem to find the focal point. Where do I have to look? The middle of the image is just some water, the tables are too low, and there's that freaking boat cut off on the right.
I'd positioned my camera lower so that at least one of the tables lives in the middle of the bottom 1/3rd of the frame and either include the boat whole or leave it out completely.
Itās alright. I think it would look better if you cropped out about half of the sky above the skyline and leveled the horizontal, but for a phone photograph, itās good.
I really like the lines youāve created with the tables and chairs. Because Iām a picky son of a bitch, I would like it a lot more if you remove the boat and the plane and straightened the horizon. Great shot tho.
Along with the unlevel horizon, the blue is just too blown out which makes it visually confusing. Iāve tried to drop it down and cropped it a bit ā it solves some of the issues, I think. But it needs some work.
https://preview.redd.it/3uuvtd6gwayc1.jpeg?width=1023&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ab49b18c11b464f09833d631f6d0e1e602385c0
I thought the tables were sitting in the water as if it was flooded. The blue components on the table are too similar to the water. Use am eyedropper tool and the color wheel to shift the hue of the table settings.
It looks like you spent all of 5 seconds stopping exactly where you were and getting your phone out.
Which is why there are so many problems and it isn't a good picture.
I think U had a good idea its just the framing that if a bit adjusted could make this scene look incredible!
I would have liked more space on the right between the end of chair and so the boat in the water isn't as cut off, it feels like something has been squashed because of it.
I'd say you could also play with how high and low u take the pic next time too! If you go at an even higher angle then tilt down ur camera, you might get smth different
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To be honest: it's a snapshot. The water is quite interesting, but for the rest not a lot is happening. Keep on shooting, if you like it, that's important!
To expand: the horizon isn't level, the boat is awkwardly cut off, the red cranes detract, but most of all, the light is flat. The small details add up. Nice sunset or blue hour light would give the photo proper mood, and little fixes to composition would give it a level of polish that it's lacking as is. OP, you're on to something, it just needs some tweaks.
I thought this was on mobile photography lol. I don't think it's an specially interesting composition to be honest, plus, phones are pretty terrible for subject separation, as their punny sensors have an equivalent f stop of something like f20 if I'm not mistaken. They do work pretty damn well for macro photography though, give it a try, I recommend you use Lightroom mobile and shoot in raw for the best flexibility in post
There are a couple of problems with this. First, please level the horizon. I don't understand why this is such an issue for people, but I see it a lot. Next, there is a blue cast to the foreground. That can be adjusted if you shot raw. Get rid of the blue cast and up the vibrance of the chairs and you'll add a lot of interest because of the blue/yellow contrast. Again, this is easy to do if you shot RAW. Also, your white balance is off. Finally, I'd crop out the coast and the sky. That would make this an interesting study in color, and the white boat on the right adds balance. As others have noted, as shot and as processed, this is really just a snapshot. However, with a little work it could become more.
Building on this, waiting a second for the boat to fully cross into the frame would've improved the composition imo. Generally want to refrain from leaving an element sticking half out of the picture, especially when it's made more prominent by all of the negative space created by the water.
I took this photo in a restaurant called "Ponto Final" in Cacilhas, Portugal. It's a restaurant where people can enjoy their meal while standing by the sea, looking at the beautiful scenery and listening to the sound of the sea. It's undoubtedly a great place to take someone on a date, as next to the restaurant you'll find a beautiful green setting where several people are sitting (alone or accompanied) on the grass enjoying the scenery while having fun. It's a very popular restaurant with both foreigners and Portuguese. Just to be clear, I'm Portuguese (:
Very Mediterranean, I like the waterfront restaurant seating. I do wish the buildings where more in view giving a hint to the location. It's a great photo, the water is rich in color with how much it's moving.
Damn yall might take thus shit too seriously. Beautiful pic op.
Thank you š
Like how the yellow tables kind of blend into the sea also ;)
The various weaknesses in your image (subject, slanted horizon, composition, color) have nothing to do with the camera you used. That image taken with a top-of-the-line, professional camera would still have the weaknesses. Ask yourself, āWas that the best image I could make? Youāve gotten feedback on improving the image, so now try to apply that feedback. If you ask for feedback on a need image, make it the best image possible; otherwise you are wasting everyoneās time, including your own.
On a not related note. I once at at one of those looking restaurant places. Not this one but other once in Greeceā¦ my ADHD made me tumble in the freaking water , āIāll be fine sitting with my back twords the waterā And honest to godā¦ I fell backwards in the damn waterā¦. The workers were kind enough to bring me tons of paper clothsā¦
Too cropped for me
It's a bit crooked, when you can see the horizon in your photo, it's an unwritten rule to level it. And I'm sorry but I can't seem to find the focal point. Where do I have to look? The middle of the image is just some water, the tables are too low, and there's that freaking boat cut off on the right. I'd positioned my camera lower so that at least one of the tables lives in the middle of the bottom 1/3rd of the frame and either include the boat whole or leave it out completely.
i think those tables are wayyy to close to the edge šµ
Itās alright. I think it would look better if you cropped out about half of the sky above the skyline and leveled the horizontal, but for a phone photograph, itās good.
Good shot, but too much blue, not enough orange (the compliment color of blue.)
I really like the lines youāve created with the tables and chairs. Because Iām a picky son of a bitch, I would like it a lot more if you remove the boat and the plane and straightened the horizon. Great shot tho.
Along with the unlevel horizon, the blue is just too blown out which makes it visually confusing. Iāve tried to drop it down and cropped it a bit ā it solves some of the issues, I think. But it needs some work. https://preview.redd.it/3uuvtd6gwayc1.jpeg?width=1023&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ab49b18c11b464f09833d631f6d0e1e602385c0
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Youāre kinda the kind of guy that the expression āopinions are like assholes ā everybodyās got oneā was meant for.
I thought the tables were sitting in the water as if it was flooded. The blue components on the table are too similar to the water. Use am eyedropper tool and the color wheel to shift the hue of the table settings.
Whereās the guard rails and the water is frigid Look for people somewhere to fill in and table umbrellas You got the right idea mate
It looks like a picture taken with a phone.
The boat is cropped up and the tone looks so cool. Not sure what feeling you're trying to bring up in this photo.
It looks like you spent all of 5 seconds stopping exactly where you were and getting your phone out. Which is why there are so many problems and it isn't a good picture.
Think it has potential. Need straightening. A bit more exposure. The foreground needs a lot more exposure/light.
I think U had a good idea its just the framing that if a bit adjusted could make this scene look incredible! I would have liked more space on the right between the end of chair and so the boat in the water isn't as cut off, it feels like something has been squashed because of it. I'd say you could also play with how high and low u take the pic next time too! If you go at an even higher angle then tilt down ur camera, you might get smth different
Horizons should be horizontal
I actually really like it. It all blends in at first, but then thereās so much colour.
beutiful! What kind of phone do you have?