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Photo posted by Roel Wijtmans in the Landscape gallery on 03/31/15 at 11:36 am EST
Registered on 09/30/12, 116 Posts, 2257 Comments
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Comment posted by Ronald Murphy on 03/31/15 at 1:18 pm EST
Registered on 03/13/12, 279 Posts, 975 Comments
The sky, of course, could be a bit more fun, but the calm sea and warm morning light work nicely for me. There is great texture in the rocks too.
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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on 03/31/15 at 4:14 pm EST
Registered on 07/24/06, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments
I believe if you cropped about 25% from the top and applied a digital ND grad of a further -1.5 to the remainder of the sky, you might further remove some of the bland from this otherwise fine morning shot. 
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Phil Hodgkins
Savannah, Georgia
NPN # 1998
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“The task is...not so much to see what no one has yet seen; but to think what nobody has yet thought, about that which everybody sees.”
― Erwin Schrödinger
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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on 03/31/15 at 9:43 pm EST
Registered on 09/27/06, 636 Posts, 10682 Comments
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I agree that the brightness of the sky makes it somewhat bland. The warm light on the foreground is really nice.
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Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on 03/31/15 at 10:57 pm EST
Registered on 12/02/14, 278 Posts, 1736 Comments
Comment last edited by Alberto Patiño on 04/01/15 at 09:05 am EST
Roel,
I don't object to the sky tones, as I believe that they fit the mood very well - more contrast would ruin the peaceful feeling, I think. I do have two "nits": the sea looks a bit too bright, and the dark line on the horizon look unnatural (but I'm not sure what you can do about this). I'd love to have been camping there, though!
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Alberto Patiño Douce
Athens, GA, USA
Four Billion Years Website
Four Billion Years Blog
We have faith that future generations will know that here, in the middle of the twentieth century, there came a time when men of good will found a way to unite and fight to destroy the forces of ignorance and intolerance.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, February 12, 1943
Sic transit gloria mundi |
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Comment posted by gary phillips on 04/01/15 at 01:36 am EST
Registered on 10/24/13, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
An interesting and stark image. I guess we all view these types of photographs differently, which is a very good thing. This is one of those, "if this were mine", sort of exercises. If this were mine, I would try to draw just a little more attention to the sky and to the cloud in particular. As is, for me, at this point in time, I think the foreground is overwhelming the rest of the image. I do like the subtle colors and the overall mood. It has an appeal that is hard to put my finger on. 
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Comment posted by Jim Hansen on 04/01/15 at 3:37 pm EST
Registered on 05/05/11, 161 Posts, 908 Comments
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Love the foreground rocks Roel. I also like the texture created in the sea by the long shutter speed. The sky is a bit too empty for me, though it does have some nice color. I wonder if it would help if that cloud was a little bolder. On the other hand, the more I look at it the more I appreciate the subtlety and simplicity of this image.
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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on 04/02/15 at 01:53 am EST
Registered on 01/26/07, 360 Posts, 9876 Comments
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Works for me! "Stark" as Gary commented fits well as description. I like it and I think you did well using very basic ingredients to make an image that conveys "something".
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Dietrich ("Didl") Gloger, Linz-Vienna, Austria.
Wista DX, 4x5", Provia and Velvia.
Canon EOS 5D,
EF 24-105mm; EF 70-200mm IS; TS-E 45mm;
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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 04/02/15 at 2:20 pm EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
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I usually avoid vertical images where the horizon bisects it in half. It's a problem with horizontal images but more so with vertical. With this image I would make a commitment either to the sky and make it about the sky or about the rocks and crop much of the sky out. For my taste I would crop from bottom creating a three layer image - rock, sea, and sky with the sky dominating as the largest layer but the rocks providing a strong counterpoint because of their richer tones and texture.
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"If you want to make more interesting pictures, become a more interesting person" - Jay Maisel. |
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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on 04/02/15 at 10:43 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments
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I like the comp with the focal points of the pool and the cloud. The dark line on the horizon seems a bit strong.
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Comment posted by Ken Henke on 04/10/15 at 7:12 pm EST
Registered on 02/20/12, 117 Posts, 285 Comments
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The foreground is just great with nice light and texture. But for me, the sky and water as just a bit flat. Maybe some significant levels/curves work just on the sky and water to bring out some richness? Cropping out some sky could also benefit this image and put the focus on the gorgeous foreground.
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