As others have said, a fine shot. My own preference would be that it's a bit too formal. More exciting would have been some motion blur in the wings (assuming it wasn't gliding of course) and/or motion blur of the background.
But great info on proper preparation and patience.
Altogether, good potential. Two things about composition, in my mind, are a bit distracting. First, there is some rock peeping out behind the dark central rock; if you could not position yourself to hide it when you took the shot (but perhaps losing the singularity of that dark rock by the background of the farther rock on the right), maybe you can now clone it away. Second, the person on the left should be facing out to sea like the person on the right, or clone her away too leaving the contrast between the small person gazing out to sea against the massive dark rock.
Again, just my take on it.
mantamoon wrote:
I have been to China twice. . .Unless you are really familiar with a DSLR with interchangeable lenses, filters etc, don't bother. High-end point and shoot cameras will suffice. . . .Enjoy!
Thanks for the encouragement. I have 5D MII so am fairly familiar with some aspects (but not filters - can you recommend specifics?). Am thinking of taking it (?!!?) along with a good point/shoot because I'm afraid of missing a hi-res image of a great shot. Am I being too cautious?
My wife and I will travel to China in May. I'd be pleased to get tips on taking photographs there. . .many locations are unique to the country.
Info could include choice of camera, types of lenses, filters, recharging batteries, customs regarding people's photos, politics, etc, etc.
With thanks in advance. . .