Winter in Charlestown, Rhode Island
Jan 19, 2014 19:41:30 #
Jan 20, 2014 07:49:30 #
Navygmari, you have captured the surf nicely. I like your shutter speed. It would be great if we could download the image to inspect it for other details. You could upload the pic again and click "store original" box. It's a good thing to be aware of everything in your frame when you are taking a landscape shot like this. While the surf is beautiful, the houses in the background are a distraction. Make sure to pay attention to keeping your horizon straight, and look for a something else that gives your photo a little extra interest. A seagull, some driftwood, a little sand crab. Here is a link to a great surf pic that has some thing like that.
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-165702-1.html
Now this guy is a pro, but his photo illustrates what I am talking about.
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-165702-1.html
Now this guy is a pro, but his photo illustrates what I am talking about.
Jan 20, 2014 09:03:50 #
While I agree that the houses are a distraction but they aren't a shot killer for me. What I don't like is that I can't see the whole wave riding up the beach. My eye goes to the edge and keeps on going.
The exposure on this is spot on and I wouldn't change that.
The exposure on this is spot on and I wouldn't change that.
Jan 20, 2014 20:40:22 #
Navygmari, I really like the whole scene, waves have a nice curl and are well formed; also like the foam washing ashore. To me the beach houses fit right in with the landscape; Rhode Islands coast in lined with beaches and the vast majority have beaches houses build just above the high tide line.
Jan 21, 2014 10:07:33 #
Well, here is the old curmudgeon again.
The first thing I do not like is that the horizon is not horizontal.
Second, I am confused as to what the subject is: the waves or the landscape. This addresses the comments about the houses being a distraction. Even if you cloned the houses away, I would still not find the picture very interesting. You might work the levels to create some drama but the picture still will have the problems described in the next point.
Third, I do not like the waves. Like the second point, they are confusing. The shutter was either too slow to freeze the detail or too fast to blur the motion.
I would go back out there and reshoot it until you get something more interesting and less confusing. This is a great object lesson.
The first thing I do not like is that the horizon is not horizontal.
Second, I am confused as to what the subject is: the waves or the landscape. This addresses the comments about the houses being a distraction. Even if you cloned the houses away, I would still not find the picture very interesting. You might work the levels to create some drama but the picture still will have the problems described in the next point.
Third, I do not like the waves. Like the second point, they are confusing. The shutter was either too slow to freeze the detail or too fast to blur the motion.
I would go back out there and reshoot it until you get something more interesting and less confusing. This is a great object lesson.
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