Photo By Julia Denning
I have yet to do a blog post on a critique of someone else's photo. This photo, called "Standing Watch," was one of the submissions of the 2015 National Geographic photo competitions. When I first looked at this photo, I immediately noticed the tree in the middle of the photograph. At first, I mistook this tree to be the subject of the photo. However, reading the caption for the photo made me realize the subject was intended to be the person standing near the tree, whom I failed to identify when first looking at the picture. I think this photo would be more powerful if the person happened to be wearing brighter clothing that stood out to enable him to be the first thing that is noticed. Besides that, I think this is a very good photo. I like how the sun is in the upper left third and just appears as a orange dot. Also, I think that the brief clearing of smoke in the middle adds an artistic touch to the photo. I also think that the shadowy foreground brings my attention up to the tree and person. Finally, I like that nothing is obviously split in half in the frame such as a tree or a bush.
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