I would really like your critique of these shots: Thanks again for your help and assistance here. This is a great site.

Allegro23 Loc: Illinois Chicagoland Burbs

Thanks again for your help and assistance here. This is a great site.

Catamarans
Catamarans...

Key West

Ocean City

Life Boat

tk Loc: Iowa

I am not one of the pros here but they will want the info on the shots. Camera, lens, iso, aperture, shutter speed. Bring that out first.

modest genius Loc: joshua tree park CA

Good shots all. #1 you may wish to crop so as to lose the surfboard and some of the foreground sand.

Allegro23 wrote:

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Allegro23 Loc: Illinois Chicagoland Burbs

modest genius wrote:

Good shots all. #1 you may wish to crop so as to lose the surfboard and some of the foreground sand.

Allegro23 wrote:

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Good suggestion thanks.

14kphotog Loc: Marietta, Ohio

# 1 looks over exposed, # 2 soft focus, # 4 water is running off the right side.

Allegro23 Loc: Illinois Chicagoland Burbs

14kphotog wrote:

# 1 looks over exposed, # 2 soft focus, # 4 water is running off the right side.

Hey thanks, #4 that is the wet sand on the right side from the rising tide during the night time.

Danilo Loc: Las Vegas

The first one is an interesting scene, but I don't find it to be an interesting photograph. Maybe up a little closer so there would be less foreground sand, and the boat masts would dominate the picture more.
I like #4, but as stated by others, the horizon needs to be leveled. I would also crop off some of the foreground sand so the boat is not right in the middle of the photo.
I always urge viewing through your camera very carefully and deliberately, asking yourself "what is important here, and what is not?" Move around, or move your camera around to get rid of unimportant elements before pulling the trigger.
You're doing great, and we all can learn from stuff you do wrong, AND stuff you do right. Thanks for posting your photos!

RMM Loc: Suburban New York

#1 might be interesting cropped to look like a panoramic shot. As others have said, #2 seems to be a bit out of focus. #3 is the best in my opinion (worth every cent you paid for it!). #4, it's not just the sand that's running off to the right, check your horizon. That said, #4 is a picture of... a boat. I'm not sure what else to say about it.

Allegro23 Loc: Illinois Chicagoland Burbs

Danilo wrote:

The first one is an interesting scene, but I don't... (show quote)

Well thanks , I like your comments from a learning perspective and I will do some work on these shots but they were basically raw so to speak

Allegro23 Loc: Illinois Chicagoland Burbs

Allegro23 wrote:

quote=Danilo The first one is an interesting scen... (show quote)

#4 hmm the scene was actually as you see it here on the picture, if the horizon is level the boat will be going down hill and the shore is a a curviture at this point--hmm so I am not sure about adjusting the horizon. The boat is actually up hill a little because that is how the shoreline really is.

Allegro23 Loc: Illinois Chicagoland Burbs

RMM wrote:

#1 might be interesting cropped to look like a panoramic shot. As others have said, #2 seems to be a bit out of focus. #3 is the best in my opinion (worth every cent you paid for it!). #4, it's not just the sand that's running off to the right, check your horizon. That said, #4 is a picture of... a boat. I'm not sure what else to say about it.

Thanks for your help, I understand. The sand was wet not running at all, that is the affect of teh rising tide over night--but it can be cropped of course. As I mentioned earlier, I am not sure correcting the horizon (the boat will be going down hill then I think) will work without affecting the boat.

gym Loc: Athens, Georgia

Allegro23 wrote:

Thanks for your help, I understand. The sand was wet not running at all, that is the affect of teh rising tide over night--but it can be cropped of course. As I mentioned earlier, I am not sure correcting the horizon (the boat will be going down hill then I think) will work without affecting the boat.

They're all nice pics, but the issue of the horizon with No. 4 really should be addressed, because right now you have the entire ocean running down hill. Other than that, they're nice.

Allegro23 Loc: Illinois Chicagoland Burbs

gym wrote:

quote=Allegro23 br br Thanks for your help, I u... (show quote)

I understand what you are saying, this is very interesting. You see you arre actually going up hill and going around a curve in the shoreline. If I were to shot from this spot further down teh shore line, this would be more so then what you see here. If you go to teh shore this is exactly how it will look--teh ocena doesn not run down shore but it risese up with teh high tide, this is relatively low tide. Now the real question we are proposing here is to ignore the rality of what it looks like at this particulare spot on teh shorer and correct what you believe you are seeing or show what it really looks like. This shot was taken quite awhile ago but I am very familiar wiht this shot as I took many like it, and I attemnpted to show teh boat as horizontal not the horizon. Becuase the ocean does not look horizontal wiht teh horizon at that location on the shoreline--interesting. Thanks.

Jared Loc: Indiana

I agree with cropping #1, I think the focus is out on #2, #3 is really nice especially with some post processing. I actually like #4 and I think the problem can be fixed, I suggest a long crop getting rid of the wet sand, and the horizon. If you get rid of the horizon, te boat remains level as in reality, and everyone will not see something that doesn't look right to them, even if it is really how it looks. I say cropping the whole length of te boat (or part of it if you like a particular part) an leaving some sand below, some waves below, but no sky. I dont know exactly how that would look but it's worth a try.

Allegro23 Loc: Illinois Chicagoland Burbs

Jared wrote:

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Well I appreciate everyones comments and suggestions here. I actually like #4 becuae I am very familiar wiht teh shore there, I have gone there many yeaars. Everyone perspective is also very interesting to me in tehi regard--these are thoughts that never entered thoughts becuase this picture is the reality , I am not holding the camera at an angle. I am going to try what you are telling me here and see what I get. Also I am going to send one more picture so you can se what I am trying to say--you will be able to see that teh ocean is down hill , taht yo are walking down hil to the ocean. When the tide is in, this is not as noticeable, but when the tide is out, it is very noticeable and the shoreline expands immensely. I am very aware that there are those photographers that just want to shot the reality of a place and there are also those photographers that want to make everything perfect as to there perspective--not a problem either. Thanks again for your suggestions--lets see.