Sea Oats,Sand, and the Sea: .........and the moon. I've been experimenting with landscapes lately. What are your thoughts on these?

Sunfish 33 Loc: Merritt Island, Fl

.........and the moon.

I've been experimenting with landscapes lately. What are your thoughts on these?

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pgr Loc: Alabama

I really like these...# 1 is my pick..to me it looks more "balanced" compostion wise..nice photo's.

UXOEOD

I like your thought process. Might I suggest you try to use the Rule of Thirds toiimprove your composition?

Place your horizon on either one of the horizontal third lines. And place the moon on that magic 3rd spot, the intersection of the verticle third line and the horizontal third line.

I do beleive you are on the road to some extremely pleasing and satisfying photos.

Good luck, looking forward to seeing some great seascapes.

Sunfish 33 Loc: Merritt Island, Fl

pgl wrote:

I really like these...# 1 is my pick..to me it looks more "balanced" compostion wise..nice photo's.

Thanks Pam! I appreciate it.

Sunfish 33 Loc: Merritt Island, Fl

UXOEOD wrote:

I like your thought process. Might I suggest you try to use the Rule of Thirds toiimprove your composition?

Place your horizon on either one of the horizontal third lines. And place the moon on that magic 3rd spot, the intersection of the verticle third line and the horizontal third line.

I do beleive you are on the road to some extremely pleasing and satisfying photos.

Good luck, looking forward to seeing some great seascapes.

Thanks very much for your advice! I will try that. I shoot wildlife most of the time.....a hobby that I truly love. I'm trying to expand my horizons a bit now but have much to learn.

vicksart Loc: Novato, CA -earthquake country

These are really lovely. I love the light on the Sea Oats. I think the second one is more interesting with more of the beach showing and the balance of the composition is a little better IMHO. Both are well photographed. :thumbup: :thumbup:

angler Loc: StHelens England

I like them both,excellent shots Lamar.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Very appealing shots!

I agree with Vicki re #2. The sand in front, seeing more of the grasses (down to the ground), the ocean waves - all very pleasing. Ideally, I'd like to see the moon a little more to one side of the other.

gregoryd45 Loc: Fakahatchee Strand

Sunfish 33 wrote:

.........and the moon.

I've been experimenting with landscapes lately. What are your thoughts on these?

Like them both Lamar, but #2 is my favorite, I like the composition better, you are not looking through a bunch of sea oats like #1, I like the balance of beach and oats, #2 for me, well done

Sunfish 33 Loc: Merritt Island, Fl

vicksart wrote:

These are really lovely. I love the light on the Sea Oats. I think the second one is more interesting with more of the beach showing and the balance of the composition is a little better IMHO. Both are well photographed. :thumbup: :thumbup:

Thanks Vicki! I was just experimenting....trying to get a feel for landscapes. You know I would prefer an animal in the photo. :) I'll be back out shooting wildlife again right away but will keep trying the landscapes along the way.

Sunfish 33 Loc: Merritt Island, Fl

angler wrote:

I like them both,excellent shots Lamar.

Thanks Jim! It's hard to shoot something that doesn't have feathers. :)

Sunfish 33 Loc: Merritt Island, Fl

Linda From Maine wrote:

Very appealing shots!

I agree with Vicki re #2. The sand in front, seeing more of the grasses (down to the ground), the ocean waves - all very pleasing. Ideally, I'd like to see the moon a little more to one side of the other.

Thanks Linda! I agree. I like #2 best for the reasons you stated. I will shoot more seascapes and when the moon is in the right position in a couple of weeks try this again.

Sunfish 33 Loc: Merritt Island, Fl

gregoryd45 wrote:

Like them both Lamar, but #2 is my favorite, I like the composition better, you are not looking through a bunch of sea oats like #1, I like the balance of beach and oats, #2 for me, well done

Thanks Greg! I agree. I appreciate it.

Sunfish 33 Loc: Merritt Island, Fl

UXOEOD wrote:

I like your thought process. Might I suggest you try to use the Rule of Thirds toiimprove your composition?

Place your horizon on either one of the horizontal third lines. And place the moon on that magic 3rd spot, the intersection of the verticle third line and the horizontal third line.

I do beleive you are on the road to some extremely pleasing and satisfying photos.

Good luck, looking forward to seeing some great seascapes.

Is this what you had in mind?

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photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA

Sunfish 33 wrote:

.........and the moon.

I've been experimenting with landscapes lately. What are your thoughts on these?

I like 1 more for composition and 2 because more of the ocean is seen.