I love the way you framed this. Nice shadow and light on the right. I can't see the gritty detail of the sand on the left, but that may be because of UHH. I also like the way the interesting trees stand out against their well lit background. Very nice, Don.

I think the girl makes the picture too. Nice light and composition. I like the first one for some reason.

I like this. The positioning of the shoes is very effective, as is the light. It might be fun to add a little blur to the background. I would try different types of blur just for fun. Very creative.

What is your subject? What was it that drew you to take this photograph? I honestly do not know by looking at your photograph. I will tell you how I think an ultra wide angle lens should be used. It is my opinion that the ultra wide was created to make your subject bigger than life .. and in fact it makes it bigger than it really is in real life. A flower shot with an ultra wide looks bigger than the mountain in it's background. A seashell on the beach becomes the subject of a seascape. A dog's nose is suddenly the subject instead of the whole dog. I don't think the dead tree is an interesting enough subject to pull this off. Even if it was an interesting dead tree, the grass in the foreground distracts from it. So what is interesting about this area? A gravestone perhaps? Could you make that your foreground subject with those gorgeous white fluffy clouds as your backdrop? Whatever you choose, you need to get as close as you can to your subject while maintaining the focus on it. That is how you use a wide angle lens. It's not easy. Some people make it look that way. There is definitely an art to it. Keep working on it and please post again. Ultra wide lenses are my favorite.

Nice moment, but the focus seems to be sharpest on the front of the rock and the seal fins. I think more DOF next time. If you can't achieve enough DOF for the whole animal, it's best to have your sharpest focus on the eyes.

Thank you, Jim. Always a gift for me to hear how others see my images.

Really interesting and beautiful images, Graham.

Wear sunglasses.

Very nice

Thank you.

Thank you.

I like this suggestion.

If the detail in the steel was sharper it would be better. I definitely would do it in b&w. It is extremely easy to select structures like this using select similar in Photoshop. You could select the structure, mask out the background and drop in a dramatic sky or anything else that you think might add to the steely theme.

Another view did exactly what I was thinking. Border patrol is important when framing something up. Try not to have something jutting into the frame.

The first one is SO much better.