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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · pacific sunset

this shot was taken on sunday evening at marshall's beach in san francisco. it was the first time i had been there and i had to run all the way down the stairs to get there before the sun went down. ended up getting pretty soggy but i'd do it again.
any suggestions on how to improve the image would be much appreciated.

Nov 23, 2015 at 10:45 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · pacific sunset

Nice one. Composition is good and you caught the light on the clouds and the reflection on the beach perfectly. The only thing I would definitely change would be to remove the black dots (ships?) on the horizon. You could play with a little bit lighter sky and shadow areas, although I like the dark silhouettes. If you want more in depth critique try the Photo Critique board, there are some very helpful and friendly people who hang out over there.

Heron

Nov 24, 2015 at 12:42 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · pacific sunset

OregonSun wrote:
Nice one. Composition is good and you caught the light on the clouds and the reflection on the beach perfectly. The only thing I would definitely change would be to remove the black dots (ships?) on the horizon. You could play with a little bit lighter sky and shadow areas, although I like the dark silhouettes. If you want more in depth critique try the Photo Critique board, there are some very helpful and friendly people who hang out over there.

Heron

Heron-
Thanks for taking the time to respond. I appreciate the tip on the critique forum. I've never posted there before so I'll have to give it a try. The reflection is what I liked most about this image. I'll have to remove the spots on the horizon. One is mile rock and I believe the other is a ship.
-seann

Nov 24, 2015 at 01:42 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · pacific sunset

It looks like the horizon slants just slightly to the left, too.

Nov 24, 2015 at 02:11 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · pacific sunset

Ernie Aubert wrote:
It looks like the horizon slants just slightly to the left, too.

ernie-
it certainly does. thanks for that.
-seann

Nov 24, 2015 at 05:54 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · pacific sunset

updated version with spots removed, horizon fixed (i hope) and rocks and sky lightened a bit and removed sand from corner.

Edited on Dec 03, 2015 at 11:08 PM · View previous versions

Nov 24, 2015 at 06:15 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · pacific sunset

Looks much better. Great spot.

Dec 02, 2015 at 01:27 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · pacific sunset

That EF 16-35mm F/4 IS is one fantastic lens!!! I see again and again more spectacular photos taken w/ that lens than any other specific lens.

Dec 02, 2015 at 01:47 AM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · pacific sunset

Like this one a lot!

Excellent capture. Thanks for sharing.

bob snow

Dec 02, 2015 at 10:17 AM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · pacific sunset

That's a great scene. I love seeing reflections on the sand.
You may want to clone out or crop off the little bit of sand in the far lower left corner.

David

Dec 02, 2015 at 10:40 AM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · pacific sunset

Nice photo (especially the updated version)!

Dec 02, 2015 at 05:09 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · pacific sunset

danws6 wrote:
Looks much better. Great spot.

thanks for the feedback. i am looking forward to visiting that spot again.
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billsamuels wrote:
That EF 16-35mm F/4 IS is one fantastic lens!!! I see again and again more spectacular photos taken w/ that lens than any other specific lens.

i'm not knowledgable enough to offer a useful comparison but i can say that i am really happy with that lens.

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Robert Snow wrote:
Like this one a lot!

Excellent capture. Thanks for sharing.

bob snow

thanks for taking the time to respond. i'm glad you enjoyed it.

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Ipanematom wrote:
Nice photo (especially the updated version)!

thank you.

Dec 02, 2015 at 11:00 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · pacific sunset

dgdg wrote:
That's a great scene. I love seeing reflections on the sand.
You may want to clone out or crop off the little bit of sand in the far lower left corner.

David

david-
i'm not sure i've ever seen a reflection in the sand before. when i saw it i was really hoping it would come across. thanks for the suggestion on the sand. i'll have a look at that.
-seann

Dec 02, 2015 at 11:03 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · pacific sunset

seann robinson wrote:
david-
i'm not sure i've ever seen a reflection in the sand before. when i saw it i was really hoping it would come across. thanks for the suggestion on the sand. i'll have a look at that.
-seann

Seann,
I like your reflection! It's there!

David

Dec 03, 2015 at 08:53 AM


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