What Remains

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 31, 201084 views5 comments

Honest opinions are appreciated this one please. I know the lens distortion is a problem here and do plan on fixing it. What drew me to this was the chaotic patterns in the surf in the front foreground. The stumps in the surf are old trees some sort; palm trees I believe.

Gulf County Florida ( The locals call this " Stumphole " )
Canon 1DS III
24 -70 @ 24
f16 @ 2 sec
CS3 B&W conversion + sharpening

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Daniel Cartamil on January 31, 2010 at 1:31 AM

Nice wave action, and you know about the distortion. The horizon looks like it has a bit of a halo also. The whole composition makes me a little uneasy, and I can't put my finger on why exactly. But sometimes thats a good thing

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Comment posted by Mike Ryan on January 31, 2010 at 1:21 PM

Makes me think of a painting. I like the detail in the water, it definitely works for me. I could see a vertical crop removing the sky (doesn't do much for me) and focusing more around the two stumps on the left and leading lines created by the water.

Registered on June 29, 2008, 85 Posts, 636 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 31, 2010 at 2:12 PM

I really like the comp and the textures in this. My suggestions would be to consider cropping a little off the left side and maybe working a bit more dramatic contrast into the water,

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on January 31, 2010 at 4:16 PM

Really cool!

I would erase the halo-ing on the horizon though.

Mark

Registered on June 19, 2009, 276 Posts, 6240 Comments

Comment posted by Reed Bowman on January 31, 2010 at 9:11 PM

Mitch...I like this very much. The patterns in surf and sky are great. The stumps are internesting but I didn't really know what they were...rocks or stumps... but this doesnt detract from the image

Registered on March 2, 2009, 166 Posts, 1058 Comments