Stumped again...

eoren1 · July 22, 2008

Thought I had this figured out on my own but I just can't decide which of these is the stronger image...and whether they are strong enough to compete with the amazing entries posted thus far. Any comments/critiques are greatly appreciated!
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Title: 'Polarizing wave'

1.

2.

Others from the shoot:
3.

4.

Shooting/processing info:
Took these in the morning on a local beach. We don't get great waves but a distant storm churned these guys up a bit. Zoomed in at 200mm with a polarizing filter on. Used f/22 to get shutters of 1/50 and panned with the waves. Took the shots into Lightroom and played a bit with exposure. Pushed up the clarity, vibrance, and saturation pretty high. Then a little contrast adjustment with a boost for the highlights. Sharpened and posted.

So what do you think??? Any of them worthy? Any other suggestions for the processing?
Thanks again,
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pyroPrints.com · July 22, 2008

#1 i think is the strongest. And I do like it, but I don't know how much of a contender it is w/out a strong focus point.

Llywellyn · July 22, 2008

Another vote for #1.

Maybe crop it from the right and see if that strengthens the composition a bit.

Tango · July 23, 2008

i like #4... i think its the artsy of it that i like....

Nikolai · July 23, 2008

#1, and I agree with Pyro about the missing focus point

PaulThomasMcKee · July 23, 2008

#1 - Same comment as other's about crop. Cool shots.

richtersl · July 23, 2008

I'm torn between #1 and #2 but I think you need to play around with a crop on both of them.

VisualXpressions · July 23, 2008

#2

pyry · July 23, 2008

You could be in for a re-shoot to get focal point into #1. If at all possible try to find a way put a little bit of motion into the wave, but keep a tack sharp breaking top. You could try to do that with a flash or with PP.

eoren1 · July 23, 2008

Thanks for all the comments...new crop and processing coming in a bit...

eoren1 · July 24, 2008

Changed crop to set up a bit more of a diagonal. Adjusted levels and curves in CS3. Submitted in entry thread. Hopefully a bit better than the previous processing.
Thanks!
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VisualXpressions · July 24, 2008

I like it, I like it a lot...

Nikolai · July 24, 2008

Pretty cool, my man, pretty cool!

PaulThomasMcKee · July 25, 2008

Amazing transformation...from wow to WOW! Nicely done.

eoren1 · July 25, 2008

Thanks guys!
Greatly appreciated.
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richtersl · July 25, 2008

Very, very nice! I love how you solved your dilemma!

Tentacion · July 26, 2008

I Love 1 and 2....Awesome PPW on those and still maintains beautiful detail...just wanna jump into that wave right now..

Stumped again...

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