First Photo Critique.

     To begin, this photo is overall such a beauty. The shot makes me feel as if I can be at peace with everything even if my real world is crumbling down. It's so beautiful, it's almost as if it were fake. That is a great point in itself because, if a photo can make you feel that way than it must be good!

     Now, to get to the important points. First off, I am completely drawn to the bright orange color bouncing vibrantly off of the rocks. It really brings out the color of the actual brick colored rock and makes your eyes go straight to it, even though it is in the background, which is wonderful. I also enjoy how the dark grey turquoise color of the water brings your eyes away from the rocks and contrasts with the orange colors in the picture. The two colors really balance each other out and even sometimes draw your eyes away from the rainbow which is the main focus.

     Another feature in this picture that I enjoy is the fact that the sky is a darker grey in the upper right hand corner but, gets lighter as your eye draws down to the rainbow and beyond. It really gives me a sense that perhaps the background of this picture was meant to have a darker feel just so that it can balance out the rainbow and make the foreground of the picture so much more bright and vibrant. The darkness of the sky makes the rest of the picture really pop to life and makes you feel as if you were actually there.

     Now, as always with the good comes the bad and the bad comes down hard. I've mentioned how much I enjoy the photographers work with color but I do not like his or her choice to make the ground look almost fake. If you really focus in on the bottom part of the picture or the sand, you will notice that it almost looks like a video game. The water washing in on the shore and the sand and footprints in it look animated. Or at least, to my eyes they do. Over editing perhaps took place here to make the outcome like this. Let's all at least be thankful that it doesn't have that animated feel throughout the entire image.

     Overall, I have really become immersed into this picture and the color has something to do with it. It may be because I have a soft spot for vibrant, colorful photos or, it may also be because the photographer did such a wonderful job taking and editing this shot. The rainbow ties everything together in the end and really does bring you inside the picture as if you are sliding down it. Sure, this picture has it's pros and it's cons but they almost all balance each other out and blend all together to make this photo a wonderful and well thought out shot.