That's awesome composition. Wish the highlights in general, on the rocks in particular were better controlled - probably very hard to do given the stark contrast between the shade and the sunny part of the image.

Yea, I've already toned down the highlights big time.. any more and it would start to loose realisticness.....

Thanks Stan.

Exceptional balance on this one, John. The lonely sunstar locks the foreground in wonderfully. The viewer has a wonderful path back to that lovely blue sky. Really....really nice comp.

Al B

"realisticness"

Wonderful capture, John! As preciously noted, a superb composition! Really nice work!

Barry

Cracking shot John - well composed and presented.
David

A starfish hangout-what a great find! You put the odd starfish in exactly the right spot in the frame. He's the star of the show against the silvery-blue of the water.

Maybe he's coming in, not going out. How would we tell?

Jonh
Love the comp. I don't know if you do any black and white (I dont think I've seen you post any) but this one might do well converted, and the color painted back into the starfish. Of course it would really compromise the realisticness (new word for wikipedia)

Great shot, love the balance as everyone else has mentioned. And you were lucky to have some nice clouds there too!

I just want to join with the others in praising this shot. It's an excellent photograph in all respects.
Mike

Hey John,

Cool stuff. Very different. I don't think I have ever seen that many starfish all in one spot before.

Jim

I've never seen a living starfish. Or a seastack either.

Come to think of it, I've never seen an Easter Island statue in person either, but I do agree, this looks like a close approximation.

NEAT shot! I like your balance and composition.

Very nice composition, John.

peter

Thank you all, I appreciate the positive feedback !

I really like this photo. Nice contrast between the warm sky and cold sea. Nice tonal range. Hope I don't sound to wierd or something but the star fish here is called an ochre star. The sun starfish have about 24 legs. Great photo. Ron

Ah ha !!

Taz, thanks for that clarification - I saw a sun starfish at Shi Shi beach as well. He was trapped in a small tide pool until the tide came back. The most amazing thing about this sun starfish was that it moved quite quickly and if I touched one of it's legs, the leg moved slowly out of the water in reaction to my touch. It moved so much faster than a regular ochre starfish.

Teriffic work John. I love the starfish... fascinating creatures.

Terry

Nice photo! I really like the composition, especially with the starfish in the right corner.. Great photo..

Thats badass.