Thank you very much for your image and your participation in the course.
Here are some comments that can help you improve your image:
- Composition: the organization of the elements is very static for now. Indeed, if you put a mirror in the center of your image, you will see that your composition is almost perfectly symmetrical. Likewise, if you fold your image in 2, the elements on the left and right would overlap, or if you flip your image horizontally, you will see that your image will almost not change. That gives a static but above all very artificial sensation since symmetry is something very rare in nature, and mainly associated with man.
- Design: while you did a good job with the palm trees, the mountain and the sea surface lack visual interest and personality. You may want to look at reference photos and try to style them as I describe in the lesson exercises. Thus, you would arrive at a more attractive result that would raise the general level of your image. Another thing is that you could gain depth and a sense of reality (which is different from realism), adding tiny palm trees on the island to show that it is much further away than the foreground.
- Values: the contrasts that you create in terms of color are quite interesting, however, the feeling you want to give with the time of day does not feel credible. The contrasts at this time should be much stronger since there is little light in general. Thus, the dark parts become very dark and where the light hits, the colors and values stand out a lot.
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jbfraisse
Teacher PlusHello!
Thank you very much for your image and your participation in the course.
Here are some comments that can help you improve your image:
- Composition: the organization of the elements is very static for now. Indeed, if you put a mirror in the center of your image, you will see that your composition is almost perfectly symmetrical. Likewise, if you fold your image in 2, the elements on the left and right would overlap, or if you flip your image horizontally, you will see that your image will almost not change. That gives a static but above all very artificial sensation since symmetry is something very rare in nature, and mainly associated with man.
- Design: while you did a good job with the palm trees, the mountain and the sea surface lack visual interest and personality. You may want to look at reference photos and try to style them as I describe in the lesson exercises. Thus, you would arrive at a more attractive result that would raise the general level of your image. Another thing is that you could gain depth and a sense of reality (which is different from realism), adding tiny palm trees on the island to show that it is much further away than the foreground.
- Values: the contrasts that you create in terms of color are quite interesting, however, the feeling you want to give with the time of day does not feel credible. The contrasts at this time should be much stronger since there is little light in general. Thus, the dark parts become very dark and where the light hits, the colors and values stand out a lot.
Any explanation you need, here I am.
Cheers
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