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File:Åkerbräckans kyrkogård och södra hamnen i Lysekil.jpg

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Southeast Lysekil
  • I actually agree with you, and many FPs are all about capturing a special moment, either by sheer luck or infinite patience. The boats in the right places and no cars on the road were also very lucky (ok, I did wait for the sailboats with spinnakers to come out from behind the cliff and the freight boat to approach the dock) and hard-to-repeat-things. w.carter-Talk 08:54, 19 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • To answer your questions, the intention was to include as many aspects of the town as possible to illustrate what life is this town is all about. The crop is not random, I wanted to try another format than the usual panoramas since it suited the subject better. It is a tourist destination and a harbor and has a rich history with fishing, boats and shipping industries. And then there is also the final destination, the cemetery. In fact, the pic shows almost everything that the town is known for. An expansion to the right and you get a lot of road, and to the left a lot of just industries. The road at the bottom is the main road into town so this view is what greets every visitor. It was a hell of a climb to get up on the hill above it all since the road has a lot of traffic with no place for a pedestrian with a camera. But I know that this picture was a wildcard from the beginning so I'm not surprised by the 'opposes'. Probably more suited for a tourist brochure than a photo collection. Thanks for taking an interest though! --w.carter-Talk 09:06, 26 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I see what you're saying. I actually expected that it wasn't an arbitrary composition, even though it seems like it at first glance. :-) What I think bothers me the most is the road at the bottom. It seems there only because you couldn't avoid it, rather than because you chose to include it. There isn't enough of it that it feels like it belongs in the frame. And the way it cuts diagonally across the bottom of the frame doesn't help. I appreciate what you were trying to achieve in the shot, but I just think it's too 'busy'. Cityscapes often are busy by nature, but not in such a way that each element competes with the others- there's usually something unified about a good cityscape; a sweeping view, a single architectural style, converging lines, etc. Anyway, just my opinion. Diliff (talk)
  • Thank you for the examples, I'll keep that in mind in the future. Keeping the road was also a decision in this pic since it gave a reference point (again in the fictional info-brochure) as well as allowed for a more complete veiw of the cemetary. I'm not arguing against your points, I know I should have pulled this nom some time ago, but I really appreciate all the comments and you usually learn more from the 'oppose' that the 'wow, great'. Photo-wise I like this version a lot more, but this was a stab at info. I'll be back with my more "artistic"/less info photos once this is done. :) Cheers, w.carter-Talk 10:23, 26 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Opps, forgot to 'ping'. w.carter-Talk 10:31, 26 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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