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Photo posted by Ed Lowe in the Landscape gallery on 01/17/18 at 6:30 pm EST
Registered on 02/07/04, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments
Post last edited by Ed Lowe on 01/19/18 at 1:48 pm EST
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Comment posted by Bill Fach on 01/17/18 at 8:17 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments
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Ed: Marvelous light and color in the reflections especially. The large version really shows up the sand texture. Most excellent.>=))>
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Bill Fach
Soli Deo Gloria
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Houston, Texas
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Comment posted by Dan Kearl on 01/17/18 at 10:43 pm EST
Registered on 09/02/13, 209 Posts, 1514 Comments
Nice warm beautiful light..
The SS is just right, I like the wave.
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Comment posted by Ed McGuirk on 01/18/18 at 08:15 am EST
Registered on 11/29/17, 19 Posts, 260 Comments
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Ed, a beautiful shot from one of the not-so-obvious sunrise locations in Acadia. I think the processing here is great, you've nailed the colors and saturation without going over the top. Really like the wave motion that you captured here as well. As presented I like this image a lot and wouldn't make any changes. When I went to view the larger version, it was too large to fit on my monitor, and had to scroll down. When the large version first came up it only showed the top half of the image, and did that really pop. I think this would also work as a horizontal, cropping away the bottom half. In that cropped version, the golden light on the sand is really emphasized and makes for a very different, but very nice shot. I like it as a vertical with the rivulets, but also like it this other way too.
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 01/18/18 at 08:24 am EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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Beautiful, Ed. Funny, I read Ed's comments and I was thinking the opposite. To me, the bottom lines are great and I might crop out about half the dark area of the sky (to just below that lighter blue area top left). To my eye, that pops the sand lines and detail just a bit more. But minor stuff, looks beautiful as is.
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- John Mason
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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on 01/18/18 at 09:36 am EST
Registered on 02/25/06, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments
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Ed, what a dramatic change from your previous images with the ice. This is quite a contrast with an almost Hawaiian beach warmth to it. I especially like the composition on this one for the feel of being pulled in toward the distant land mass main point there. Has that wondering what is out there feel at least to me.......nice work.
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Paul Breitkreuz
Corona, California
Trailimages.com
NPN 2326
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Comment posted by Mattia Oliviero on 01/18/18 at 10:32 am EST
Registered on 08/24/16, 43 Posts, 254 Comments
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Excellent foreground, Ed. Unfortunately, I do not live by the sea but those rivulets really fascinate me. For the next time it would be a terrific abstract IMO. Very peaceful and well composed scene with great colors.
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Mattia Oliviero
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Comment posted by scott lanz on 01/18/18 at 10:39 am EST
Registered on 11/14/03, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
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Fine image, Ed. No nits. I like it just as presented. Well done.
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scott lanz
Youngstown, Ohio
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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on 01/18/18 at 11:55 am EST
Registered on 12/10/15, 104 Posts, 1112 Comments
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Beautiful, Ed. Very well composed and processed image. This crop works for me, and as mentioned, I think the level of saturation is spot-on. I could see experimenting with adding a bit of clarity and/or slightly dodging the bottom right to make those rivulets standout a tad bit more.
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Dave Dillemuth
Santa Barbara, California
davedillemuthphotography.smugmug.com
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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on 01/18/18 at 12:14 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
This works for me, Ed. I do agree with Harley's suggestion regarding the crop from the top, and Dave's idea to bring up the lower right corner a bit. Fine image-nicely processed.
--P
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Preston Birdwell
Columbia, California, USA
NPN 429 | California Nature Photographers (CANP) Moderator | 'NPN Discussion' Moderator
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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on 01/18/18 at 9:06 pm EST
Registered on 03/13/07, 500 Posts, 8365 Comments
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A lovely and relaxing image! That foreground sand and it's patterns with the reflected light would have had me though. Beautiful!
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Chris Chamberlain
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 01/19/18 at 09:27 am EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Ed, This is beautiful. The light and colors are wonderful and what a fantastic mood it has. Great just as it is but it is pretty cool that it works really nice with either of the crop suggestions made by Ed and Harley as well. That can't happen with very many images. Excellent work on this beautiful image. Just love the quiet and peaceful feel this has. Nice work!
Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.
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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on 01/19/18 at 11:33 am EST
Registered on 02/11/04, 777 Posts, 5252 Comments
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Ed. I liked this the first time you showed it to me on your camera. Has it all, great light, comp, subject matter. The FG is just fantastic as it draws you into the scene. Nice SS on the waves and the sky is the topping on the cake.
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Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on 01/19/18 at 1:17 pm EST
Registered on 11/11/11, 404 Posts, 1639 Comments
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Wonderful light and colors, and the rivulets make a great texture in the foreground. The 3 rocks make a good mid ground and I like its placement between the point and the little island. I might consider a crop off the bottom, or at least try lightening the shadows a little so a bit more is visible. But even without that, this is a marvelous image.
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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on 01/19/18 at 1:38 pm EST
Registered on 02/07/04, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments
Here is a repost with Ed's suggestion of a horizontal comp. Thanks for your thoughts.
Ed
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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 01/19/18 at 2:00 pm EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
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I like the first (horizontal) repost the most. I think the original would have superior had you waited a few seconds more for the sun to highlight those streaks a bit more in the lower right area. Not so that the area becomes bright but just the outline is strongly lit by the sun, like the lower left.
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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on 01/19/18 at 4:52 pm EST
Registered on 02/07/04, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments
One more repost with Harley and Preston's crop suggestion along with Dave's suggestion of a little dodging and clarity to the LRC. As always thanks for your thoughts.
Ed
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Comment posted by Ed McGuirk on 01/19/18 at 5:48 pm EST
Registered on 11/29/17, 19 Posts, 260 Comments
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Ed I like both of your re-posts. The re-work you did on the vertical takes what was a great shot up even another notch. The horizontal has a very different feel. The vertical feels very moody/dramatic, and the horizontal has a warmer, softer feel to it. I think they both work pretty well, but the vertical is definitely more dramatic.
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on 01/20/18 at 1:53 pm EST
Registered on 01/23/11, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
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Ed, this is a lovely beach scene The colors in the sky and their reflections look great. I like the long lead in of the textured sand. I was going to comment about bringing up the bright tones in the lower half, but you've done that in your second repost. Looks like a wall hanger to me. The horizontal crop looses the invitation and the drama.
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Mark Seaver
Burtonsville, MD & Emigrant, MT
seaverphotos.com
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on 01/21/18 at 1:17 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Ed,
Late in commenting here, but wanted to jump in and say the horizontal frame is a much more "comfortable" view and pleasing composition. In the original, the spit of land is a bit out of balance in the overall scene, where as it's more complimentary in horizontal view. Love the colors in the beach, the waveline and of course the sky.
Lon
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