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JimFox wrote:
But not sure how helpful that comment was to the OP. How about telling her which shot you liked or what she could do to improve these if you didn't like any of the shots??
Now, Jim, a little sense of humor in the landscape forum is nothing new! :-)
However, since you asked and since it is a good idea, here is some response to the photographs, too.
I love seascapes and I love these straightforward shots of water, horizon, and sky — to me they evoke the sense of vast space of water and sky and a bit of the mystery that the sea holds for us landlubbers. I like your interpretation in terms of how you use color and how you go with the subtle light and colors rather than trying to turn the scenes into something that they are not. I like the softness of the light and the color palette and what I think is your attention to relationships between angles and shapes and forms and textures. (It is harder to shoot such seemingly simple scenes than might first be apparent, right?)
I think that my favorite may be the last one. The upper part of the sky in #4 pulls my attention away from the more subtle stuff going on in the lower 3/4 or so of the frame — in fact, I'd consider a crop that removes that bright stuff at the top and leaves only the darker area of sky. To me that seems to give more prominence to that dark wave and to the glow in the clouds above the horizon. I like #3, too, though I wonder if the whole thing might be lightened just a bit, perhaps with a curve adjustment that is targeted to some of the darker areas? That smooth reflecting area at the bottom of #2 is very beautiful, and it forms a sort of counterpoint to the bright clouds at the top of the frame. I may like the color palette of the first one most of all, though there is something about the shapes and positions of the clouds that works a bit less well for me.
All in all, very nice work and it presents a consistent and compelling way of seeing the shoreline and ocean.
Dan
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