Rock shore

The scene has a lot of potential--all the nice reflections and such--but the processing needs some work. The sky looks kind of 'pasty' looking and the whole scene looks possibly oversharpened given the haloes around the rocks. A little more detail in the shadows would also help i think.

very good comp Todd, but the shadow in this scene killed the highlight a bit, this image needs a more highlight in some area and im agree with Stan

Thanks for sharing

Better?

Todd this is nice.
I think the repost has better tonality but as presented the resizing has really killed the detail and clarity,
Nice.

I very much like your comp here, Todd. I like your low angle and use of the wide-angle to accentuate the spreading of the sky and fg rocks. The main rock is countered nicely with the trees on the left and everything looks nicely balanced to me. The scene also looks great in b/w, however the contrast seems very strong to me, particularly in the land section where the image looks very "gritty". The repost has increased the contrast even further, which I don't think has helped. Perhaps starting with a much lower contrast image and building up the mid-tone contrast slowly (and locally) would maintain some shadow detail while still producing punch in the image imho. Just my suggestion.

I agree with David--the brightness of the repost is defintiely better, but it still has that 'gritty' looks as David puts it. Its hard to diagnose without knowing exactly how this was worked up--probably should start from the original.

Yeah thanks Stan and David I will take it back to the drawing board. When I finished with it I didn't like the grittiness either. Maybe that's why I left it darker. Maybe I could take into lightroom and reduce the clarity slider. Not sure, I will have to play with it some more because I really like the drama and comp of the scenery. Thanks for taking the time to give your input.