Starfish Parade

Wow those are really interesting looking starfish. Striking color as well. The FG is awesome. The way it winds its way up into the top of the frame is really cool. Especially the whirlpool. I have one easy suggestion and one tough suggestion. The easy one is that I think the blues are a little too strong. The tough suggestion is regarding the bluff on the left side; it's such a strong black block that it's a little distracting. But I imagine that there was a compromise with the placement of the seastacks (which is perfect).

That's really cool, but some of those starfish look outright creepy! Especially the one on the lower right.

Holy composition batman. The eye gets to zig zag all the way through the image. Per malone's comment...I think the rock upper left actually acts to bounce the eye back in as it is sloped into the image as well. Color looks good to me would push the levels just a bit though as the highlights could just the slightest pop...esp the sky which is more gray than I'm sure it was. Nice earth shadow there. Wooho!

aF

This is totally stunning, love the composition, mood and light in the photo.
Superb!

awesome - really well seen and executed

Love the color contrast!

Those starfishes are almost too perfect to be true - such a great scenery and then you got some maritime models on top of that. Wonderful shot, Kah.

Wow, is that wonderland?
Stunning capture man!. No nits for me, just perfect.

Hey...how'd you get those starfish to sit still for so long I think the whole image...front to back is very interesting and pretty.

Those are called sunflower starfish I think. They start out with half a dozen legs at birth and they multiply as they mature. They can grow as many as 20+ legs!

Whoa, this is really nice. The color combination of blue and orange is striking. I really dig the swirl in the middle foreground.

Kah Kit, I've never been to New Zealand, but around here we call these guys Sunflower Sea Stars. I'd desaturate the ones in the background and maybe tone them down a notch or two exposure-wise, but otherwise I really like the image. The water swirl in the foreground is an exceptional compliment to the scene.

Nice! Love the swirls in the FG.

The starfish take you right through the scene from the bottom to the top. Very interesting place and beautifully captured.

Beautiful photo Kah, this would be an excellent shot without the starfish but with them it goes on to another level.

Gary.

Very nice image Kah, beautiful color, well composed, your eyes go all the way through the image. Also, the swill really adds a beautiful touch to it. Nice job

outstanding foreground, have you done this shot also without the GNDFilter?

These are sunflower starfish or sun stars not star fish but I'm a sucker for either one! They actually eat your regular star fish. I don't do species names just what we normal poeple mistake them as. The blues give'm a creepy feel but I doubt any sunlight could take away their creepiness. Cool!

Wow, its your own version of the starfish shots from the Pacific Northwest. Cooler starfish if I say so. Great contrast of color too. I agree on a touch more pop, but otherwise, very nice!

Kah Kit,

A beautiful seascape that combines a grand vista with the intimate details of the tide pools. All tied together wonderfully with the swirling patterns in the surf. Fascinating starfish. they must be mutants because all the ones I've seen here in CA have 5 legs...

I don't mind the blue here, in fact I think it fits well, as if reflected from the pretty blue sky.

Excellent comp as well.

Lon

impressive capture!!! what a find these big starfish, kah! love the comp here and colors. the fg swirl is nice too. great image!!!!

What a stunner Kah Kit. It is amazing how many starfish there are and the fact that they are strewn in a zig zag path leading the eye through the frame is something any photographer could only wish for. Excellent.

Wow, very cool. Wonderful contrasts between the starfish and the overall blue look of this.

- Dan.

Perhaps one of the coolest beach scenes ever.

Wonderful capture. Really like the light, color, and comp.

The foreground swirl makes the shot in my opinion, the starfish really add to the scene though. Those three rocks on the mid right almost look like the arms of a starfish. Very cool shot man.

Excellent shot as always.

Fantastic image! I love the blue tones here- they are a perfect compliment to the orange starfish. The perfect symmetry of colors is what really draws me in, as well as the interesting shapes of the starfish. A fantastic image that shows your mastery of the medium.

Heavenly days! What a tremendous photograph! I'd say you more than accomplished making up for missing your envisioned shot. So many sea stars in an area is incredible to see. Really glad you posted this.

superb! love the swirl - this really puts this over the top. the earth shadow and blues in water & sky are great.

the sea stars here are Coscinasterias calamaria (common name eleven-armed sea star). i'd tone the background ones slightly.

A highly entertaining composition Kah Kit. Really cool how the eye "jumps" from one star fish to the next one until it reaches the sea stacks.

Wow, love the depth and color contrasts here! This fantastic! The starfish kind of look like some species of crown of thorns, which is actually invasive to the great barrier reef and eating all the coral.. but perhaps these are native ones for NZ.. crown of thorns.

Starfish create a great 'S' curve. Great work.

Loving the foreground. Simply fantastic.

Ian

This is awesome! I love your comp, the swirl is icing on the cake.

Awesome shot - those are known simply as multi-leg or sun star sea stars. I found one in a tide pool in the NW corner of Washington once. They move fast in the water !!

Fantastic...and yet creepy (in a good way).

There's a very eery human face at the top of the foreground swirl!

outstanding! I just love this one!!! weekly pick by a mile!
georg

Wonderful contrast between the blues and orange stars. The swirling water just makes it that much better. Delightful capture Kah!

I don't think they are crown of thorns, but there has been a population explosion of that species in a lot of places. The Barrier Reef is being eaten alive by them, they eat coral polyps. One solution is the introduction of more Giant Triton Snails. They eat the Crown of Thorns. They also have teams of divers that literally go down and inject the stars with poison to kill them and remove them by the thousands manually. But we have a similar star here on the California coast called "Sun Stars".

Okay, about the image. I think it is a fine seascape with a tremendous comp. Lots of interest all over this.

Chris

The warm reds of the starfish along with the cool blues, the swirling water and the jagged rocks make this look like a scene from "Avatar" or some alternate world - really nice!

Wondeful. I like the contrast the red Sea Stars provide to the blue toned scene. Thanks for sharing!

I love this seascape - the starfish and swirling water make it stand out from others. I agree that the saturation of the starfish in the middle could be toned down a bit, but just a minor thing.