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Posted: 10 Oct 2015

Taken: 10 Sep 2015

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a beached bike - Seaford - 10.9.2015

a beached bike - Seaford - 10.9.2015

, Smiley Derleth, John FitzGerald and 2 other people have particularly liked this photo

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 John FitzGerald
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I'm torn about the issue of cropping out the person. I can see the point of it, but on the other hand the figure establishes a diagonal with the shadow and adds a touch of the real to the idealized view of the bike and beach. But back on the first hand I can see that the perspective would appear far stronger with the person cropped out. I suspect they'd be equally striking in different ways. I love the light; that's the idealizer. Having the bright light on the shadowy side of the bike is an important of that. To me, of course. Your aesthetic pleasure may vary.
9 years ago. Edited 9 years ago.
 Phil Sutters
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The little figure does give a clue to the way the beach shelves. There is only one breakwater at the eastern end of the beach, so it is re-profiled a couple of times a year, with half a dozen big dumper trucks, a bucket loader and a bulldozer shifting shingle from the ends to the middle of the beach.
I don't think that any of my previous photos has received such analytical critiques! It is interesting to hear what people think. So much better than the dreaded 'Excellent capture!' If a photo grabs my attention then I will make a comment which says what has appealed. There are so many brilliant photos on this and other sites that one could spend all day making banal one-liners. Anyway thanks for your thoughts.
9 years ago.

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