Cannon Beach Morning
This is a well composed and executed photograph. The layers of fog work well with the monochromatic tone and give the feeling of the damp, cool morning. The placement of your runners are excellent. It would have been nice if you could have gotten them running into the image but this works and there body language says running.
I think this qualifies as a landscape with the runners as the foreground element the fog shrouded trees as the middle ground and the hill as the distance.
I find the six people in the middle ground distraction. They are competing with the subject, the runners, and lead my eye away. Also by eliminating them you will get a greater feeling of solitude and quietness.
You might also try adding a border around the photograph to separate it from the white background of the paper or double mount it with a very thin black inner mat border.
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December 1st, 2007 at 2:19 pm
I like the border addition - it certainly adds to the image. But I really like the foggy people; to me they seem to add balance, kind of a counter-point to the main subject. After playing with it a little I found that I like best the image without the two central foggy people, but with the two rightmost couples.
That’s probably enough analysis for a pretty simple composition…
December 1st, 2007 at 9:38 pm
You are the photo artist. I respect your judgment and I think your version works. Thanks for the very nice image.
December 10th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
I think the background people seem to add a little more interest and depth to scene, I feel the artist is right. The extra weight of the people adds to the balance of the composition.