Liquid Sand + Repost

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 27, 2013440 views17 comments

I figured I would post one more photo before I head out for my travels over the next month and a half. Gonna put lots of mileage into my new hiking boots and camping gear!

This is one of my older shots taken out at Bandon during a really purdy sunset with epic puffy clouds filtering out of the back side of a weather front. There were a lot of people on the beach, so it took much work to find a shot with no one blocking the view.

I'm curious what you guys think of this composition. It breaks a lot of "rules", but does it work?

Thanks for looking! Have a great rest of summer!

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on July 27, 2013 at 6:20 PM

I think the composition works due to the symmetry. I also like the subtle lines in the foreground. Nice light and beautiful color as well.

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Comment posted by Ted Gore on July 27, 2013 at 7:08 PM

Rules are meant to be broken. :) And I think you broke them in a good way. Only nitpick I have are the lens flare artifacts on the spire in the middle.

Registered on April 25, 2013, 36 Posts, 149 Comments

Comment posted by John Mumaw on July 27, 2013 at 7:13 PM

The composition works for me, as do the wonderful skies and colors. Unfortunately, the large area of overexposed sun is dead center and immediately grabs my eye.

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on July 27, 2013 at 8:02 PM

Beautiful sky and reflection in this Johan and it suits the 50-50 split for balance. I agree with John and Ted about the flare and extremely bright center. But very nice as is.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on July 27, 2013 at 9:10 PM

Beautiful color in the water and reflection, also in parts of the sky. The hot spot where the sun tops the horizon is a distraction but the rest of this is so nice, I can live with it

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 27, 2013 at 9:33 PM

Definitely works for me! The centered sun is a bit of a minus, but a very small bit.

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Comment posted by Johan Eickmeyer on July 27, 2013 at 9:43 PM

Thanks for the valuable feedback!

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Comment posted by Johan Eickmeyer on July 27, 2013 at 9:55 PM

Here's a quick re-edit done on my laptop with PS Elements 6 with just the JPG file. Hopefully it's enough to get a better idea of the scene! I'll need the RAW file in PS CC on my calibrated machine to fully recover the highlight area properly though.

Registered on March 25, 2013, 36 Posts, 164 Comments

Comment posted by Chet Dowell on July 27, 2013 at 10:03 PM

What a beautiful and dramatic image, Johan. The foreground is exploding with energy and in that regard contrasts nicely with the sky. I really like this a lot.

Chet

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Comment posted by John Mumaw on July 27, 2013 at 10:16 PM

Now that's a whole lot better!! Don't you think?

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on July 28, 2013 at 4:23 AM

Good job on the repost. A beautiful scene.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on July 28, 2013 at 11:00 AM

The repost works much better, and I think a balance between the two should be your final result. Lovely color and the reflections make it very special.

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Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on July 28, 2013 at 11:42 AM

I like the way the whole scene sort of explodes from the center. The brighter one actually accentuates that but the toned down hot spot is an improvement otherwise.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on July 28, 2013 at 10:56 PM

Pretty incredible light and color show. The bright area in the center doesn't really even bother me, but if it could be toned down any more I'd go for it.

Chris

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Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on July 28, 2013 at 11:58 PM

This is a beautiful scene, regardless of rules, and the repost is far better than the original version, in my opinion. Eliminating that hot sun area allows the eyes to gaze around the rest of the image, and it is all just gorgeous.

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on July 30, 2013 at 12:51 AM

Well that doesnt suck ;)

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Comment posted by David Edwards on July 30, 2013 at 4:41 AM

Fabulous reflections here Johan. Comp feels very nice to me. WB is quite cool, but I do like dynamics of the color.

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