The incoming tide sends these ripples across the flat reef, making some nice patterns. Shot fairly late in the day, when the sky and water are still very blue, but the rocks are starting to colour up.
Lovely! The colors are excellent and the golden hues complement the cool blues.
Now, not to sound anal, but the first thing I noticed was the horizon cutting across the deal middle of the pictures. Rule of thirds is often meant to be broken, but in this case, it's like the two sides of the picture are battling each other, putting turbulence in your peaceful, soothing picture.
Nov 20, 2008 at 05:23 AM
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I would also prefer this with the horizon higher (less sky). Otherwise it is a simple and very effective scene. The light has this kind of "silver" quality that makes everything shimmer. Lovely!
Ute
I like the shapes in this very much Mark, particularly the curves of the ripples against the stright line of the surf deeper in the picture. It's cool to see thes wavelets coming into the bay but not breaking. Good light, and the texture of the sand with the draw back of the water is nicely effective too.
I would have simply tried to concentrate on filling the frame with the rock and those wonderful sweeping lines. The sky doesnt say much, but then who says everything has to be artistic.
David Clapp wrote:
I would have simply tried to concentrate on filling the frame with the rock and those wonderful sweeping lines. The sky doesnt say much, but then who says everything has to be artistic.
Thanks for the critique. The sky may not say much to you, but it does to me, Having spent many summer days - and winter for that matter - on this coast . For me the sky adds a stark contrast to the scene beneath it.
'Artistic' is a very personal thing, and you are welcome to your view, as am I. If we don't agree on a particular image, that is fine, but to claim one view is artistic and the other isn't is absurd.
deeprblue wrote:
Lovely! The colors are excellent and the golden hues complement the cool blues.
Now, not to sound anal, but the first thing I noticed was the horizon cutting across the deal middle of the pictures. Rule of thirds is often meant to be broken, but in this case, it's like the two sides of the picture are battling each other, putting turbulence in your peaceful, soothing picture.
Thanks for the critique. I take your point re the horizon. I did experiment with it and decided that placing it in middle added some tension to the image. Of course, I realise it may not be to everyone's taste. Thanks again for your comments.
ScaryFox wrote:
I would also prefer this with the horizon higher (less sky). Otherwise it is a simple and very effective scene. The light has this kind of "silver" quality that makes everything shimmer. Lovely!
Ute
Thanks, Ute. I appreciate your comments re that horizon - I did put it there intentionally, though it doesn't appeal to all! Glad you liked this anyway
A shimmering image with great color. As Ute mentioned, less sky would work really well. Maybe a 2:1 ratio image (I'm biased to those ). And, I think we tend to get caught up in our camera's format and keep trying to make everything fit into that constraint, which is kind of weird if you think about it. I find myself falling in there a lot. For my own imaging I always look for the parts of the image that could be left out and would not hurt a thing. It's usually the single tone parts. The foreground is exquisite. Great clarity and sharpness. IMHO that's the where the image shines. Well seen!
I like the shapes in this very much Mark, particularly the curves of the ripples against the stright line of the surf deeper in the picture. It's cool to see thes wavelets coming into the bay but not breaking. Good light, and the texture of the sand with the draw back of the water is nicely effective too.
jsuro wrote:
A shimmering image with great color. As Ute mentioned, less sky would work really well. Maybe a 2:1 ratio image (I'm biased to those ). And, I think we tend to get caught up in our camera's format and keep trying to make everything fit into that constraint, which is kind of weird if you think about it. I find myself falling in there a lot. For my own imaging I always look for the parts of the image that could be left out and would not hurt a thing. It's usually the single tone parts. The foreground is exquisite. Great clarity and sharpness. IMHO that's the where the image shines. Well seen!
Thanks for the critique Jose. I actually already cropped this one. I liked the sky in there - there was a lot more in the uncropped image - for two reasons. First, it speaks to me strongly of stark summer days, and second, cropping where I did gives the image added tension (for me).
I appreciate your - and others - different view of this. Like you I try to strip the image back to its essentials - and this usually requires some cropping during processing - especially when I'm using primes...
